A comment on "An ionospheric convection signature of antiparallel reconnection" by Coleman et al

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Petnnec, S M ^a   Fuselier, S A ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiparallel reconnection; Cusp precipitation; Ionosphere; Magnetic merging; Magnetopause

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905360250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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