Convection in the distant magnetotail under extremely quiet and weakly disturbed conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10249-10263

  Troshichev, O ^a,c   Kokubun, S ^a   Kamide, Y ^a   Nishida, A ^b   Mukai, T ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0012383733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900141     Document Type: Article

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