Far ultraviolet remote sensing of the isotropy boundary and magnetotail stretching

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A11, 2005, Pages

  Blockx, C ^a   Gerard J C ^a   Meurant, M ^a   Hubert, B ^a   Coumans, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 33845748556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011103     Document Type: Article

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