Incoherent scatter radar observations of the cusp acceleration region and cusp field-aligned currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A11, 1998, Pages 26721-26730

  Nilsson, H ^a   Kirkwood, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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