Statistical pitch angle properties of substorm-injected electron clouds and their relation to dawnside energetic electron precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A5, 2005, Pages

  Asnes A ^a   Friedel, R W ^b   Stadsnes, J ^a   Thomsen, M ^b   Ostgaard N ^a   Cayton, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 22444436295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010838     Document Type: Article

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