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Plasma Flow Reversals in the Magnetotail and Their Implications on Substorm Models

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Intervals of plasma flow reversals in the magnetotail are considered as times when the observing satellite encounters the process responsible for substorm disturbances. We consider the expected signatures during plasma flow reversals to evaluate the validity of two prevalent substorm models.

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This work was supported by the NASA grant NNX07AQ50G.

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  1. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, 20723, USA

    A. T. Y. Lui

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  1. European Space Research &, European Space Agency, Keplerlaan 1, Noordwijk, 2200 AG, Netherlands

    Harri Laakso

  2. ESTEC/SRE-S, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, 2200 AG, Netherlands

    Matthew Taylor

  3. ESTEC/SRE-S, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, 2200 AG, Netherlands

    C. Philippe Escoubet

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Lui, A.T.Y. (2010). Plasma Flow Reversals in the Magnetotail and Their Implications on Substorm Models. In: Laakso, H., Taylor, M., Escoubet, C. (eds) The Cluster Active Archive. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3499-1_30

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