Rapid flux transport and plasma sheet reconfiguration

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A5, 2001, Pages 8381-8390

  Schodel R ^a   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^c   Mukai, T ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 1342300050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JA900159     Document Type: Article

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