Conjunction study of plasmapause location using ground-based magnetometers, IMAGE-EUV, and Kaguya-TEX data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Obana, Y ^a,b   Murakami, G ^a   Yoshikawa, I ^a   Mann, I R ^c   Chi, P J ^d   Moldwin, M B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77954387610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014704     Document Type: Article

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