Wind observations of mixed magnetosheath-plasma sheet ions deep inside the magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A3, 2000, Pages 5497-5505

  Phan, Tai D ^a   Lin, Robert P ^a   Fuselier, Stephen A ^b   Fujimoto, Masaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449105620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900455     Document Type: Article

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