Estimating local plasma sheet PV5/3 from single-spacecraft measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Wolf, R A ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Erickson, G M ^b   Savoie, A M ^b   Chen, C X ^c   Lemon, C L ^d  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 33947617255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012010     Document Type: Article

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