Theory of thin-filament motion in Earth's magnetotail and its application to bursty bulk flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A7, 1999, Pages 14613-14626

  Chen, C X ^a,b,c   Wolf, R A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright Logue and Associates   (United States)

^c MS 108 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0000385996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900005     Document Type: Article

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