Plasma sheet ion injections into the auroral bulge: Correlative study of spacecraft and ground observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A8, 2000, Pages 18465-18481

  Sergeev, V A ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^b   Popescu, D ^b   Kovrazhkin, R A ^c   Lutsenko, V N ^c   Zelenyi, L M ^c   Syrjasuo, M ^d   Viljanen, A ^d   Pulkkinen, T I ^d   Kudela, K ^e   Kokubun, S ^f   Mukai, T ^g  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449090616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900435     Document Type: Article

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