Geotail observations of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at the equatorial magnetotail boundary for parallel northward fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A9, 2000, Pages 21159-21173

  Fairfield, D H ^a   Otto, A ^b   Mukai, T ^c   Kokubun, S ^d   Lepping, R P ^a   Steinberg, J T ^e   Lazarus, A J ^f   Yamamoto, T ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 39449112452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000316     Document Type: Article

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