- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10035298
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
- Volume:
- 122
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2169-9380
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 4801 to 4818
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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