Three-dimensional earthward fast flow in the near-Earth plasma sheet in a sheared field: Comparisons between simulations and observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2297-2302

  Kondoh, K ^a   Ugai, M ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Plasma sheet); Space plasma physics (Magnetic reconnection; Numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 71749085789     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2297-2009     Document Type: Article

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