Slow shock downstream structure in the magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A1, 2000, Pages 337-347

  Hoshino, M ^a,c   Mukai, T ^a   Shinohara, I ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Kokubun, S ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 39449132379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900426     Document Type: Article

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