Relationship between the high-latitude electric and magnetic turbulence and the Birkeland field-aligned currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Golovchanskaya, I V ^a   Ostapenko, A A ^a   Kozelov, B V ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33947653177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011835     Document Type: Article

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