A new particle population near the high-latitude plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 29669-29682

  Wilber, M ^a,b   Li, Q ^a,c   Winglee, R M ^a   Parks, G K ^a,b   McCarthy, M ^a   Lin, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Alien Technology Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 39449131774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900155     Document Type: Article

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