The existence and properties of the distant magnetotail during 32 hours of strongly northward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Oieroset M ^a   Phan, T D ^a   Fairfield, D H ^b   Raeder, J ^c   Gosling, J T ^d   Drake, J F ^e   Lin, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 46749136406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012679     Document Type: Article

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