Equatorial electron beams and auroral structuring at Jupiter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Mauk, Barry H ^a   Saur, Joachim ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 37249055524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012370     Document Type: Article

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