Plasma sheet thickness and electric currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 6179-6193

  Kaufmann, Richard L ^a   Ball, Bryan M ^a   Paterson, W R ^b   Frank, L A ^b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 4644239327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000284     Document Type: Article

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