Spatial and temporal variations of the cold dense plasma sheet: Evidence for a low-latitude boundary layer source?

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 133, Issue , 2002, Pages 253-264

  Øieroset, Marit ^a   Phan, Tai D ^a   Fujimoto, Masaki ^b   Chan, Leon ^a   Lin, Robert P ^a   Skoug, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84905337220     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/133GM25     Document Type: Chapter

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