Mechanisms for discrete auroral arc breakup by nonlinear Alfvén wave interaction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A9, 1999, Pages 19931-19940

  Kinney, R M ^a   Coroniti, F V ^a   McWilliams, J C ^a   Pritchett, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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