Messenger observations of dipolarization events in Mercury's magnetotail

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Sundberg, Torbjörn ^a   Slavin, James A ^b   Boardsen, Scott A ^a,c   Anderson, Brian J ^d   Korth, Haje ^d   Ho, George C ^d   Schriver, David ^e,f   Uritsky, Vadim M ^a,g   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^b   Raines, Jim M ^b   Baker, Daniel N ^h   Krimigis, Stamatios M ^d,i   McNutt, Ralph L ^d   Solomon, Sean C ^j,k  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^j GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

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EID: 84866307473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017756     Document Type: Article

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