Energy sources of field-aligned currents: Auroral electron energization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A10, 2005, Pages

  Wright, Andrew N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845728418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010609     Document Type: Article

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