Polar/Toroidal Imaging Mass-Angle Spectrograph survey of earthward field-aligned proton flows from the near-midnight tail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 5859-5871

  Lennartsson, O W ^a   Trattner, K J ^a   Collin, H L ^a   Peterson, W K ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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EID: 6044274841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003014     Document Type: Article

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