An analysis of the accuracy of magnetopause reconnection rate variations deduced from cusp ion dispersion characteristics

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-161

  Lockwood, M ^a   Davis, C J ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2842592485     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-0149-9     Document Type: Article

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