Spatial structure of the plasma sheet boundary layer at distances greater than 180 RE as derived from energetic particle measurements on GEOTAIL

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1246-1256

  Sarafopoulos, D V ^a   Sarris, E T ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^b   Yamamoto, T ^c   Kokubun, S ^d  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0642312832     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050541     Document Type: Article

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