Configuration instability of the near-earth magnetotail in the presence of an earthward plasma flow and substorm onset

COSPAR Colloquia Series

Volumn 9, Issue C, 1998, Pages 143-151

  Hong, M H ^a   Pu, Z Y ^b   Wang, X M ^c   Chen, Z X ^b   Liu, Z X ^d   Korth, A ^e   Friedel, R H W ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPACE MEDICO ENGINEERING   (China)

^d CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0040683487     PISSN: 09642749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-2749(98)80023-1     Document Type: Article

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