Shape of the open-closed boundary of the polar cap as determined from observations of precipitating particles by up to four DMSP satellites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A1, 1998, Pages 399-406

  Sotirelis, Thomas ^a   Newell, Patrick T ^a   Meng, Ching I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009881432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97ja02437     Document Type: Article

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