Energetic ion outflow from the dayside ionosphere: Categorization, classification, and statistical study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24915-24927

  Øieroset, Marit ^a,b   Yamauchi, Masatoshi ^c   Liszka, Ludwik ^c   Hultqvist, Bengt ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000159169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900248     Document Type: Article

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