A statistical study of field-aligned electron beams associated with ion conies events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 940-947

  Miyake, W ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Kaya, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auroral phenomena; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; Particle acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542397628     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050664     Document Type: Article

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