Evolution of the thin current sheet in a substorm observed by Geotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Asano, Y ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Hoshino, M ^c   Saito, Y ^b   Hayakawa, H ^b   Nagai, T ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron; Hall electric field; Substorm; Thin current sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905332477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009785     Document Type: Article

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