Bifurcated current sheets: Statistics from Cluster magnetometer measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Thompson, S M ^a,b,c   Kivelson, M G ^a,b   El Alaoui, M ^a   Balogh, A ^d   Reme H ^e   Kistler, L M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IRAP   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 33947690809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011009     Document Type: Article

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