Magnetic field structure of large-scale plasmoid generated by the fast reconnection mechanism in a sheared current sheet

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1511-1521

  Ugai, M ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COMPRESSION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; JET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77955568032     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1511-2010     Document Type: Article

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