The distant magnetotail: Its structure, IMF dependence, and thermal properties

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 105, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-9

  Maezawa, K ^a   Hori, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85040239272     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM105p0001     Document Type: Chapter

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