Quantitative experimental verification of the magnetic conjugacy of geosynchronous orbit and the auroral zone

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 389, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Reeves, G D ^a   Weiss, L A ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   McComas, D J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 5244296748     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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