Some properties of Alfvén waves: Observations in the tail lobes and the plasma sheet boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A10, 2005, Pages

  Keiling, A ^a   Parks, G K ^a   Wygant, J R ^b,e   Dombeck, J ^b,e   Mozer, F S ^a   Russell, C T ^c   Streltsov, A V ^d,f   Lotko, W ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33845751053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010907     Document Type: Article

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