Initial observations of fine plasma structures at the flank magnetopause with the complex plasma analyzer SCA-1 onboard the Interball Tail Probe

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 570-586

  Vaisberg, O L ^a   Avanov, L A ^a   Smirnov, V N ^a   Burch, J L ^c   Leibov, A W ^a   Ivanova, E B ^a   Waite Jr , J H ^c   Klimashev, A A ^b   Khazanov, B I ^b   Cherkashin, I I ^b   Iovlev, M V ^b   Safronov, A Yu ^b   Kozhukhovsky, A I ^a   Gurgiolo, C ^c   Lichtenstein, V H ^d  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Russian Federation)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0642312730     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0570-8     Document Type: Article

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