Energy and pitch angle-dispersed auroral electrons suggesting a time-variable, inverted-V potential structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A10, 1999, Pages 22613-22621

  Arnoldy, R L ^a   Lynch, K A ^a   Austin, J B ^a   Kintner, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

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EID: 0001084054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900219     Document Type: Article

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