Dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail plasma sheet

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 517-525

  Runov, A ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Sitnov, M ^b   Sergeev, V A ^c   Nakamura, R ^d   Nishimura, Y ^e,f   Frey, H U ^g   McFadden, J P ^g   Larson, D ^g   Bonnell, J ^g   Glassmeier, K H ^h   Auster, U ^h   Connors, M ^a,j   Russell, C T ^a   Singer, H J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^j ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Planetary magnetosphere; Plasma sheet; Reconnection

Indexed keywords

BURSTY BULK FLOW; DIPOLARIZATION; ELECTRON DENSITIES; GROUND NETWORKS; GYRORADIUS; ION INERTIAL LENGTH; LEADING EDGE; MACRO SCALE; MAGNETOTAILS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEET; RECONNECTION; RECONNECTION SITES; SPACE PLASMAS; SPATIAL PROFILES; SPATIAL SCALE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 79251648581     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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