Magnetic signatures and conjugate features of low-latitude plasma blobs as observed by the CHAMP satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Park, Jaeheung ^a   Stolle, Claudia ^a   Lühr, Hermann ^a   Rother, Martin ^a   Su, Shin Yi ^b   Min, Kyoung Wook ^c   Lee, Jae Jin ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

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EID: 56749107260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013211     Document Type: Article

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