Two classes of earthward fast flows in the plasma sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Shue, J H ^a   Ieda, A ^b   Lui, A T Y ^c,f   Parks, G K ^d   Mukai, T ^e   Ohtani, S ^c,f  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41849146069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012456     Document Type: Article

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