Substorms, tail flows and plasmoids

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 961-971

  Nagai, T ^a   Nakamura, R ^b   Mukai, T ^c   Yamamoto, T ^c   Nishida, A ^c   Kokubun, S ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0038835944     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00504-8     Document Type: Article

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