Convection of plasmaspheric plasma into the outer magnetosphere and boundary layer region: Initial results

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 104, Issue , 1998, Pages 45-49

  Ober, Daniel M ^a   Horwitz, J L ^a   Gallagher, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 20344389433     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM104p0045     Document Type: Chapter

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