Moving mesoscale plasma precipitation in the cusp

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Taguchi, S ^a   Suzuki, S ^a,b   Hosokawa, K ^a   Ogawa, Y ^b   Yukimatu, A S ^b   Sato, N ^b   Collier, M R ^c   Moore, T E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 70349414387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014128     Document Type: Article

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