Low Altitude Signatures of the Plasma Sheet: Model Predictions of Local Time Dependence

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 48, Issue 42496, 1996, Pages 887-895

  Hirsch, Karen L ^a   Spence, Harlan E ^a   Onsager, Terrance G ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33747994758     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.48.887     Document Type: Article

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