Near- and mid-tail current flow during substorms: Small- and large-scale aspects of current disruption

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 295-303

  Hesse, Michael ^a   Birn, Joachim ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0141643013     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0295     Document Type: Chapter

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