Planetary period magnetic field oscillations in Saturn's magnetosphere: Postequinox abrupt nonmonotonic transitions to northern system dominance

Planetary period magnetic field oscillations in Saturn's magnetosphere: Postequinox abrupt nonmonotonic transitions to northern system dominance
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土星磁层中的行星周期磁场振荡:分分点后突然非单调过渡到北方系统主导地位

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10.1002/jgra.50186
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2013
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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M. K. Dougherty
M. K. Dougherty
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G. Provan;S. W. H. Cowley;J. Sandhu;D. Andrews;M. K. Dougherty

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