Microstructure of the auroral acceleration region as observed by FAST

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A7, 1999, Pages 14453-14480

  McFadden, J P ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Ergun, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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