Thin current sheet in the substorm late growth phase: Modeling of THEMIS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, X Z ^a,b   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Runov, A ^a   Sitnov, M I ^c   Coroniti, F ^d   Pritchett, P ^d   Pu, Z Y ^b   Zong, Q G ^b,e   McFadden, J P ^f   Larson, D ^f   Glassmeier, K H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 67649135202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013777     Document Type: Article

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