Identification of plasma instability from wavelet spectra in a current disruption event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yoon, P H ^c   Lui, A T Y ^b   Bonnell, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 67650162513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013816     Document Type: Article

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