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spellingShingle Motoba, T., Ohtani, S., Donovan, E. F., Angelopoulos, V., Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, On a possible connection between the longitudinally propagating near‐Earth plasma sheet and auroral arc waves: A reexamination, Space and Planetary Science, Geophysics
title On a possible connection between the longitudinally propagating near‐Earth plasma sheet and auroral arc waves: A reexamination
title_full On a possible connection between the longitudinally propagating near‐Earth plasma sheet and auroral arc waves: A reexamination
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title_full_unstemmed On a possible connection between the longitudinally propagating near‐Earth plasma sheet and auroral arc waves: A reexamination
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title_sort on a possible connection between the longitudinally propagating near‐earth plasma sheet and auroral arc waves: a reexamination
title_unstemmed On a possible connection between the longitudinally propagating near‐Earth plasma sheet and auroral arc waves: A reexamination
topic Space and Planetary Science, Geophysics
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