MHD drift ballooning instability near the inner edge of the near-Earth plasma sheet and its application to substorm onset

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A7, 1997, Pages 14397-14406

  Pu, Z Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPACE MEDICO ENGINEERING   (China)

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EID: 37149057236     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA00772     Document Type: Article

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