Cusp observations of high- And low-latitude reconnection for northward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A1, 2000, Pages 253-266

  Fuselier, S A ^a   Trattner, K J ^a   Petrinec, S M ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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EID: 39449098347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900422     Document Type: Article

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