The structure and dynamics of a large-scale plasmoid generated by fast reconnection in the geomagnetic tail

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-156

  Ugai, M ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail; Storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 78651429910     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-147-2011     Document Type: Article

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