Cluster observations and numerical modeling of energy-dispersed ionospheric H+ ions bouncing at the plasma sheet boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Bosqued, J M ^a   Ashour Abdalla, M ^b,c   Umeda, T ^d   El Alaoui, M ^b   Peroomian, V ^b   Frey, H U ^e   Marchaudon, A ^a   Laakso, H ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67650105292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013562     Document Type: Article

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