Kinetic aspects of the Jovian current sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A11, 2000, Pages 25345-25361

  Yin, L ^a   Coroniti, F V ^a   Pritchett, P L ^a   Frank, L A ^b   Paterson, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 39449112671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000016     Document Type: Article

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