The low-latitude boundary layer on closed field lines

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 90, Issue , 1995, Pages 371-383

  Lotko, W ^a   Sonnerup, B U O ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0006354317     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM090p0371     Document Type: Chapter

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