Global bubble distribution seen from ROCSAT-1 and its association with the evening prereversal enhancement

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kil, Hyosub ^a   Paxton, Larry J ^a   Oh, Seung Jun ^b  

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

^b Space Environment Laboratory Jin Young Building ^*  (South Korea)

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EID: 70349433632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013672     Document Type: Article

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