A statistical study of ion frictional heating observed by EISCAT

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1399-1411

  Davies, J A ^a   Lester, M ^a   McCrea, I W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0642311976     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1399-x     Document Type: Article

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