Enhanced current collection by a positively charged spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A9, 2000, Pages 20935-20947

  Singh, Nagendra ^a   Leung, W C ^a   Singh, Gitanjali M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449103351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000441     Document Type: Article

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