Nongyrotropic particle distributions in space plasmas

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 613-622

  Motschmann, U ^a,b   Glassmeier, K H ^b   Brinca, A L ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Interplanetary physics (plasma waves and turbulence); Ionosphere (plasma waves and instabilities); Magnetospheric physics (plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142067865     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0613-4     Document Type: Article

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