Dependence of the distant tail magnetopause position on the solar wind and IMF

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1485-1488

  Hasegawa, H ^a   Maezawa, K ^a   Saito, Y ^b   Mukai, T ^b   Yamamoto, T ^b   Kokubun, S ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0040790355     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00659-6     Document Type: Article

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