Signatures of direct magnetosheath plasma injections onto closed field-line regions based on observations at mid- and low-altitudes

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 133, Issue , 2002, Pages 179-188

  Yamauchi, M ^a   Lundin, R ^a   Norberg, O ^b   Sandahl, I ^a   Eliasson, L ^a   Winningham, D ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b ESRANGE   (Sweden)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 33947497316     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/133GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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