A probability assessment of encountering dayside magnetopause diffusion regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Griffiths, S T ^a   Petrinec, S M ^b   Trattner, K J ^b   Fuselier, S A ^b   Burch, J L ^c   Phan, T D ^d   Angelopoulos, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79951926489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015316     Document Type: Article

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