Dynamical property of storm time subauroral rapid flows as a manifestation of complex structures of the plasma pressure in the inner magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ebihara, Y ^a   Nishitani, N ^a   Kikuchi, T ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Hosokawa, K ^b   Fok, M C ^c   Thomsen, M F ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 63149164945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013614     Document Type: Article

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