Coulomb lifetime of the ring current ions with time varying plasmasphere

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-382

  Ebihara, Yusuke ^a,b   Ejiri, Masaki ^a,b   Miyaoka, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 33646955078     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352123     Document Type: Article

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