Magnetospheric source region of discrete auroras inferred from their relationship with isotropy boundaries of energetic particles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 943-958

  Yahnin, A G ^a   Sergeev, V A ^b   Gvozdevsky, B B ^a   Vennerstrom S ^c  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 0642342756     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0943-z     Document Type: Article

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