Structure of the auroral precipitations in the nightside sector of the magnetosphere

Cosmic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-227

  Feldshtein, Ya I ^a   Galperin, Yu I ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (Russian Federation)

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