Large parallel electric fields, currents, and density cavities in dispersive Alfvén waves above the aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Chaston, C C ^a   Hull, A J ^a   Bonnell, J W ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Ergun, R E ^b   Strangeway, R J ^c   McFadden, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 34547307529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012007     Document Type: Article

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