Geotail mission: Accomplishments and prospects

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 109, Issue , 1999, Pages 19-29

  Nishida, A ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 33845798908     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM109p0019     Document Type: Chapter

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