Birkeland currents in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Kaufmann, Richard L ^a   Paterson, W R ^b   Frank, L A ^b  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birkeland current; Magnetotail; Plasma sheet

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747183443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009665     Document Type: Article

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