Convective bursty flows in the near-Earth magnetotail inside 13 R E

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, L Q ^a   Liu, Z X ^a   Baumjohann, W ^b   Ma, Z W ^c   Pu, Z Y ^d   Dunlop, M W ^e   Lu, L ^a   Shi, J K ^a   Carr, C ^f   Reme, H ^g   Wang, J Y ^h  

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

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 66149183020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013125     Document Type: Article

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