Earthward plasma sheet flows during substorm phases

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Juusola, L ^a,b   Ostgaard N ^a   Tanskanen, E ^a,b   Partamies, N ^b   Snekvik, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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EID: 80055062807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016852     Document Type: Article

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