New model for auroral acceleration: O-shaped potential structure cooperating with waves

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 596-607

  Janhunen, P ^a   Olsson, A ^a,b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; particle acceleration); Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005905630     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0596-7     Document Type: Article

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