Parallel electric fields in a diverging flux tube with upward current: Nature of quasi-static fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A5, 2005, Pages

  Singh, Nagendra ^a   Deverapalli, C ^a   Khazanov, I ^a   Puthumbakum, N ^a   Rajagiri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 33747109401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010695     Document Type: Article

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