Construction of magnetic reconnection in the near-Earth magnetotail with Geotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Nagai, T ^a   Shinohara, I ^b   Fujimoto, M ^b   Matsuoka, A ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Mukai, T ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 79955424206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016283     Document Type: Article

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