Plasmoids observed in the near-Earth magnetotail at X ∼ - 7 R e

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Miyashita, Y ^a   Ieda, A ^a   Kamide, Y ^a   Machida, S ^b   Mukai, T ^c   Saito, Y ^c   Liou, K ^d   Meng, C I ^d   Parks, G K ^e   McEntire, R W ^d   Nishitani, N ^a   Lester, M ^f   Sofko, G J ^g   Villain, J P ^h  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h CNRS   (France)

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EID: 33845740623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011263     Document Type: Article

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