Wave properties in the magnetic reconnection diffusion region with high β: Application of the κ-filtering method to Cluster multispacecraft data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Huang, S Y ^a   Zhou, M ^a,b   Sahraoui, F ^c,d   Deng, X H ^a,b   Pang, Y ^a   Yuan, Z G ^a   Wei, Q ^a   Wang, J F ^a   Zhou, X M ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 78650007292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015335     Document Type: Article

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