Theories and observations of ion energization and outflow in the high latitude magnetosphere

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-48

  André, Mats ^a   Yau, Andrew ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0002034565     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0045-5_2     Document Type: Article

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