A model for plasma flows and shocks in the high-altitude cusp

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A7, 1999, Pages 14647-14653

  Cargill, Peter J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347037038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900155     Document Type: Article

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