Joint observations by Cluster satellites of bursty bulk flows in the magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Cao, J B ^a   Ma, Y D ^a,b   Parks, G ^c   Reme, H ^d   Dandouras, I ^d   Nakamura, R ^e,h   Zhang, T L ^e,h   Zong, Q ^f   Lucek, E ^g   Carr, C M ^g   Liu, Z X ^a   Zhou, G C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^f Boston University   (United States)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 33846883462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011322     Document Type: Article

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