Solar concept of flux transport by interchange reconnection applied to the magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Merkin, V G ^a   Crooker, N U ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interchange reconnection; magnetosphere; MHD simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149317836     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013140     Document Type: Article

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