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spellingShingle Chisham, G., Burgess, D., Schwartz, S. J., Dunlop, M. W., Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Observations of electron distributions in magnetosheath mirror mode waves, Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Geochemistry and Petrology, Soil Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Forestry, Oceanography, Geophysics
title Observations of electron distributions in magnetosheath mirror mode waves
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