Azimuthal hot plasma pressure gradients and dawn-dusk electric field formation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1343-1354

  Antonova, E E ^a   Ganushkina, N Yu ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0008962429     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00169-1     Document Type: Article

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