Reconnection: Space plasma simulations for multi-spacecraft satellite observations in the ISTP era

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 179-187

  Buchner J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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PLASMA;

EID: 0032793496     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(98)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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