Geotail observations of current systems in the plasma sheet

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 104, Issue , 1998, Pages 201-211

  Paterson, W R ^a   Frank, L A ^a   Kokubun, S ^b   Yamamoto, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 20044378330     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM104p0201     Document Type: Chapter

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