Internal structure of flux transfer events produced by the onset of merging at a single X line

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A2, 1997, Pages 2243-2260

  Ku, Hwar C ^a   Sibeck, David G ^a  

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

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EID: 37149029119     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA03162     Document Type: Article

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