Observations and simulations of a highly structured plasma sheet during northward IMF

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ashour Abdalla, Maha ^a,b   Bosqued, Jean Michel ^c   El Alaoui, Mostafa ^a   Peroomian, Vahe ^a   Walker, Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 77958607802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015135     Document Type: Article

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