Cluster observations of broadband ULF waves near the dayside polar cap boundary: Two detailed multi-instrument event studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Matsui, H ^a   Puhl Quinn, P A ^a   Torbert, R B ^a   Baumjohann, W ^b   Farrugia, C J ^a   Mouikis, C G ^a   Lucek, E A ^c   Decreau P M E ^d   Paschmann, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 34548550978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012251     Document Type: Article

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