Four-sheet structures of day side field-aligned currents: Statistical study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A11, 2000, Pages 25317-25324

  Ohtani, S ^a   Higuchi, T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

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EID: 39449135561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900074     Document Type: Article

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