Fluid and kinetics signatures of reconnection at the dawn tail magnetopause: Wind observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25489-25501

  Phan, Tai D ^a   Sonnerup, Bengt U Ö ^b   Lin, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 39449130696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900054     Document Type: Article

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