The Physics in the Auroral Dynamo Regions and Auroral Particle Acceleration

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Song, Y ^a   Lysak, R L ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AURORA;

EID: 0035101662     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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