Quiet time plasma sheet ion pressure contribution to Birkeland currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7793-7802

  Wing, Simon ^a   Newell, Patrick T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449112487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900464     Document Type: Article

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