Dawn-dusk asymmetries, ion spectra, and sources in the northward interplanetary magnetic field plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A8, 2005, Pages

  Wing, S ^a   Johnson, J R ^b   Newell, P T ^a   Meng, C I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33746330403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011086     Document Type: Article

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