Plasma sheet thickness during a bursty bulk flow reversal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue A5, 2010, Pages

  Panov, E V ^a,b   Nakamura, R ^a   Baumjohann, W ^a   Sergeev, V A ^h   Petrukovich, A A ^g   Angelopoulos, V ^c   Volwerk, M ^a   Retino A ^a   Takada, T ⁱ   Glassmeier, K H ^d,f   McFadden, J P ^e   Larson, D ^e  

^a Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^g Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^h ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 85016072324     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014743     Document Type: Article

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