Plasmaspheric material on high-latitude open field lines

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 6085-6095

  Su, Yi Jiun ^a,b   Borovsky, Joseph E ^a   Thomsen, Michelle F ^a   Dubouloz, Nicolas ^c,d   Chandler, Michael O ^e   Moore, Thomas E ^f   Bouhram, Mehdi ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0008531222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003008     Document Type: Article

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