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Geospace magnetic field: From early cartoons to data-based models. / Tsyganenko, N. A. .

Physics of Space Plasmas: Proceedings of the 1995 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop in Geoplasma Physics on "Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas". ed. / T. Chang; J. R. Jasperse. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. p. 541-552.

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Harvard

Tsyganenko, NA 1996, Geospace magnetic field: From early cartoons to data-based models. in T Chang & JRJ (eds), Physics of Space Plasmas: Proceedings of the 1995 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop in Geoplasma Physics on "Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas". Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 541-552.

APA

Tsyganenko, N. A. (1996). Geospace magnetic field: From early cartoons to data-based models. In T. Chang, & J. R. J. (Eds.), Physics of Space Plasmas: Proceedings of the 1995 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop in Geoplasma Physics on "Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas" (pp. 541-552). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Vancouver

Tsyganenko NA. Geospace magnetic field: From early cartoons to data-based models. In Chang T, JRJ, editors, Physics of Space Plasmas: Proceedings of the 1995 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop in Geoplasma Physics on "Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas". Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1996. p. 541-552

Author

Tsyganenko, N. A. . / Geospace magnetic field: From early cartoons to data-based models. Physics of Space Plasmas: Proceedings of the 1995 Cambridge Symposium/Workshop in Geoplasma Physics on "Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas". editor / T. Chang ; J. R. Jasperse. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. pp. 541-552

BibTeX

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