Overwhelming O+ contribution to the plasma sheet energy density during the October 2003 superstorm: Geotail/EPIC and IMAGE/LENA observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Nose M ^a   Taguchi, S ^b   Hosokawa, K ^b   Christon, S P ^c   McEntire, R W ^d   Moore, T E ^e   Collier, M R ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c Focused Analysis and Research   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33747152998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010930     Document Type: Article

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