Predicted signatures of pulsed reconnection in ESR data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1246-1256

  Davis, C J ^a   Lockwood, M ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2842592443     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-1246-5     Document Type: Article

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