Magnetospheric field-line resonances: Ground-based observations and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A10, 2005, Pages

  Rankin, R ^a   Kabin, K ^a   Lu, J Y ^a   Mann, I R ^a   Marchand, R ^a   Rae, I J ^a   Tikhonchuk, V T ^b   Donovan, E F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 33845775638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010919     Document Type: Article

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