The geopause in relation to the plasma sheet and the low-latitude boundary layer: Comparison between Wind observations and multifluid simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A2, 2000, Pages 2563-2587

  Li, Q ^a   Winglee, R M ^a   Wilber, M ^a   Chen, L ^a   Parks, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 39449091964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900369     Document Type: Article

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