Theory of localized bipolar wave-structures and nonthermal particle distributions in the auroral ionosphere

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 221-228

  Goldman, M V ^a   Oppenheim, M M ^b   Newman, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0033507562     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-6-221-1999     Document Type: Article

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