Comment on: "New observations of ion beams in the plasma sheet boundary layer" by G. Parks, et al.

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2637-2638

  Fuselier, S A ^a   Onsager, T G ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84958019755     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900575     Document Type: Note

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