Vortex-like fluctuations in the magnetotail flanks and their possible roles in plasma transport

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 133, Issue , 2002, Pages 241-251

  Fujimoto, M ^a   Tonooka, T ^a   Mukai, T ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84995791849     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/133GM24     Document Type: Chapter

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