Articles | Volume 40, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-315-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-40-315-2022
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31 May 2022
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Fine structure and motion of the bow shock and particle energisation mechanisms inferred from Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations

Krzysztof Stasiewicz and Zbigniew Kłos

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