Current carriers near dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail: A THEMIS event study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, X J ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Runov, A ^a   Zhou, X Z ^a   Bonnell, J ^b   McFadden, J P ^b   Larson, D ^b   Auster, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 79251628340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015885     Document Type: Article

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