Observations of plasma sheet dynamics earthward of the onset region with the Geotail spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 18823-18841

  Frank, L A ^a   Paterson, W R ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^a   Mukai, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449084457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000419     Document Type: Article

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