Remotely imaging the plasma sheet with low-altitude satellite clusters

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 851-863

  Newell, Patrick T ^a   Wing, Simon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039591680     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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