Current disruption during november 24, 1996, substorm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 6229-6245

  El Alaoui, Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0012387818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000260     Document Type: Article

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