On the nature of precursor flows upstream of advancing dipolarization fronts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zhou, X Z ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^a   Sergeev, V A ^b   Runov, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 79953013454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016165     Document Type: Article

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