Effect of anomalous cross-field diffusion on the field-aligned current generation

Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 923-945

  Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Inoue, S ^c   Meng, C I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748019396     PISSN: 00221392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5636/jgg.49.923     Document Type: Article

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