On low-altitude particle acceleration and intense electric fields and their relationship to black aurora

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A8, 1997, Pages 17509-17522

  Marklund, Göran ^a,c   Karlsson, Tomas ^a,c   Clemmons, James ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Plasma Physics   (Sweden)

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EID: 37149005817     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA00334     Document Type: Article

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