Sporadic localized reconnections and multiscale intermittent turbulence in the magnetotail

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 104, Issue , 1998, Pages 193-199

  Chang, Tom ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84988762425     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM104p0193     Document Type: Chapter

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