Cluster observations in the inner magnetosphere during the 18 April 2002 sawtooth event: Dipolarization and injection at r = 4.6 RE

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a   Korth, H ^a   Brandt, P C ^a   Blomberg, L G ^b   Singer, H J ^c   Henderson, M G ^d   Lucek, E A ^e   Frey, H U ^f   Zong, Q ^g   Weygand, J M ^h   Zheng, Y ^a   Lui, A T Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 35349020509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012357     Document Type: Article

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