Evidence of Two Active Reconnection Sites in the Distant Magnetotail

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 48, Issue 42496, 1996, Pages 515-523

  Hoshino, M ^a   Mukai, T ^a   Nishida, A ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a   Kokubun, S ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000588839     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.515     Document Type: Article

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