Transients at the dusk side magnetospheric boundary: Surface waves or isolated plasma blobs?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25503-25516

  De Keyser, J ^a   Darrouzet, F ^a   Roth, M ^a   Vaisberg, O L ^b,d   Rybjeva, N ^b   Smirnov, V ^b   Avanov, L ^b   Nemecek, Z ^c   Safrankova, J ^c  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b Department of Satellite Monitoring Technologies   (Russian Federation)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 39449134778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900044     Document Type: Article

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