What do we really know about auroral acceleration?

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 1025-1035

  Temerin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0039759692     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00557-7     Document Type: Article

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