Evidence for a flux transfer event generated by multiple X-line reconnection at the magnetopause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Wang, J ^b   Dunlop, M W ^c   Pu, Z Y ^b   Zhang, Q H ^d   Lavraud, B ^e,f   Taylor, M G G T ^g   Constantinescu, O D ^h   Berchem, J ⁱ   Angelopoulos, V ⁱ   McFadden, J P ^j   Frey, H U ^j   Panov, E V ^k   Volwerk, M ^k   Bogdanova, Y V ^l  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j University of Californias Berkeley   (United States)

^k Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; WIND POWER;

ENERGETIC ELECTRON; FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS; GENERATION MECHANISM; MAGNETIC FLUX TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MAGNETOTAILS; SOLAR WIND ENERGY;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOTAIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 77956090406     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044219     Document Type: Article

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