Saturation of the electric field transmitted to the magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Lyatsky, Wladislaw ^a   Khazanov, George V ^a   Slavin, James A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77956090834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015091     Document Type: Article

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