Occurrence statistics of cold, streaming ions in the near-Earth magnetotail: Survey of Polar-TIDE observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A7, 2005, Pages

  Liemohn, M W ^a   Moore, T E ^b   Craven, P D ^c   Maddox, W ^c   Nagy, A F ^a,b   Kozyra, J U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33746326434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010801     Document Type: Article

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