Mass and energy transport in the near and middistant magnetotail around substorm onsets: Geotail observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 6259-6274

  Miyashita, Y ^a   Machida, S ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Sutcliffe, P R ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

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EID: 1842511939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000233     Document Type: Article

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