Acceleration of oxygen ions of ionospheric origin in the near-Earth magnetotail during substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7669-7677

  Nose M ^a   Lui, A T Y ^a   Ohtani, S ^a   Mauk, B H ^a   McEntire, R W ^a   Williams, D J ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Yumoto, K ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 39449119832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000318     Document Type: Article

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