Particle Acceleration and Wave Phenomena in the Auroral Region

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

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-12

  Lysak, R L ^a   Andre M ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA;

EID: 0035108441     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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