Structured currents associated with tail bursty flows during turbulent plasma sheet conditions

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 267-274

  Lyons, L R ^a   Nagai, T ^b   Samson, J C ^c   Zesta, E ^a   Yamamoto, T ^d   Mukai, T ^d   Nishida, A ^d   Kokubun, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85016085477     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0267     Document Type: Chapter

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