On the force balance around dipolarization fronts within bursty bulk flows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Li, S S ^a,d   Angelopoulos, V ^a,d   Runov, A ^a,d   Zhou, X Z ^a,d   McFadden, J ^b   Larson, D ^b   Bonnell, J ^b   Auster, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79953022358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015884     Document Type: Article

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