Earthward flowing plasmoid: Structure and its related ionospheric signature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Zong, Q G ^a,b   Fu, S Y ^c   Baker, D N ^d   Goldstein, M L ^e   Song, P ^a   Slavin, J A ^e   Fritz, T A ^f   Cao, J B ^b   Amm, O ^g   Frey, H ^h   Korth, A ⁱ   Daly, P W ⁱ   Reme, H ^j   Pedersen, A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Boston University   (United States)

^g FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^j IRAP   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 34548570346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012112     Document Type: Article

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