Magnetospheric location of the equatorward prebreakup arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sergeev, V ^a   Nishimura, Y ^b,c   Kubyshkina, M ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^d   Nakamura, R ^e   Singer, H ^f  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84856545770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017154     Document Type: Article

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