Low-latitude dusk flank magnetosheath, magnetopause, and boundary layer for low magnetic shear: Wind observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A9, 1997, Pages 19883-19895

  Phan, T D ^a   Larson, D ^a   McFadden, J ^a   Lin, R P ^a   Carlson, C ^a   Moyer, M ^a   Paularena, K I ^b   McCarthy, M ^c   Parks, G K ^c   Reme H ^d   Sanderson, T R ^e   Lepping, R P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 37149010216     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA01596     Document Type: Article

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