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The relationship between plasmapause, solar wind and geomagnetic activity between 2007 and 2011
Department of Geophysics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
V. Pierrard
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (Space Physics and STCE), 3 Av. Circulaire, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain, TECLIM, Earth and Life Institute, Place Louis Pasteur 3 bte L4.03.08, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
M. Bandić
Preziosastr. 15a, 81927 München, Germany
F. Darrouzet
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (Space Physics and STCE), 3 Av. Circulaire, 1180 Brussels, Belgium
J.-L. Rauch
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Orléans, France
P. Décréau
Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace (LPC2E), Orléans, France
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