High-latitude magnetic reconnection in sub-Alfvénic flow: Interball Tail observations on May 29, 1996
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000460