Ion heat flux and energy transport near the magnetotail neutral sheet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kaufmann, Richard L ^a   Paterson, William R ^b  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48249115199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012929     Document Type: Article

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