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Cattell et al. 1995
Cattell, C., Wygant, J., Mozer, F.S., Okada, T., Tsuruda, K., Kokubun, S. and Yamamoto, T. (1995). ISEE 1 and Geotail observations of low-frequency waves at the magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/94JA03146. issn: 0148-0227.

Observations of waves at frequencies below ~200 Hz obtained near the magnetopause are presented. For one case identified in the ISEE 1 data as a period when steady state reconnection was occurring, there were waves below the lower hybrid frequency with amplitudes up to ~7 mV/m. Intense low-frequency waves with amplitudes up to ~20 mV/m at the subsolar magnetopause have also been observed by the Geotail electric field instrument. In some cases, large spiky fields were embedded in the waves. The waves observed by ISEE 1 and Geotail were large enough to provide the dissipation required for reconnection to occur. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers, Space Plasma Physics, Kinetic and MHD theory, Space Plasma Physics, Magnetic reconnection
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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