Hydrostatic equilibrium and convective stability in the plasmasphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 867-878

  Lemaire, J F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006175912     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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