Spectral properties and source regions of dayside electron acceleration events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A11, 2005, Pages

  Newell, P T ^a   Wing, S ^a   Meng, C I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845780498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011264     Document Type: Article

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