Citation: | LIU Yang, PU Zuyin, XIE Lun, GUO Ruilong, WANG Xiaogang, XIAO Chijie, SHI Quanqi, DUNLOP M, BOGDANOVA Y V, MOORE T E, RUSSELL C T, LINDQVIST P A, TORBERT R B, POLLOCK C, ZHAO Cong. Ion-scale Structures in Flux Ropes Observed by MMS at the Magnetopause[J]. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2018, 38(2): 147-168. doi: 10.11728/cjss2018.02.147 |
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