Geotail observation of energetic ion species and magnetic field in plasmoid-like structures in the course of a substorm

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 389, 1996, Pages 619-624

  Zong, Q G ^b   Wilken, B ^a   Daglis, I A ^c   Livi, S ^a   Woch, J ^a   Reeves, G ^d   Doke, T ^e   Iyemori, T ^f   Mukai, T ^g   Yamamoto, T ^g   Kokubun, S ^h   Pu, Z Y ⁱ   Ullaland, S ^j  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^h NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 5244368463     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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