A self-consistent explanation for a plasma flow vortex associated with the brightening of an auroral arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A12, 1998, Pages 29383-29391

  Kosch, M J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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