Polar cap voltage saturation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  MacDougall, J W ^a   Jayachandran, P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 33947697690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011741     Document Type: Article

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