Sources, transport, and distributions of plasma sheet ions and electrons and dependences on interplanetary parameters under northward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Chih Ping ^a   Lyons, Larry R ^a   Nagai, Tsugunobu ^b   Weygand, James M ^c   McEntire, Richard W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37249075956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012522     Document Type: Article

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