Two distinct energetic electron populations of different origin in the Earth's magnetotail: A Cluster case study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1931-1948

  Vogiatzis, I I ^a,b   Fritz, T A ^a   Zong, Q G ^a   Sarris, E T ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 33751093315     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1931-2006     Document Type: Article

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