Remarks on the intrinsic timescale for reconnection on the dayside magnetopause

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 25153-25157

  Uberoi, C ^a,b   Lanzerotti, L J ^a   Maclennan, C G ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 0008549019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900366     Document Type: Article

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