Flux rope structures in the magnetotail: Comparison between Wind/Geotail observations and global simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A1, 1998, Pages 135-150

  Winglee, R M ^a   Kokubun, S ^b   Lin, R P ^c   Lepping, R P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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