Reconciling the electron counterstreaming and dropout occurrence rates with the heliospheric flux budget

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Owens, M J ^a   Crooker, N U ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 34548371815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012159     Document Type: Article

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