Reconsidering the inverted-V particle signature: Relative frequency of large-scale electron acceleration events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A7, 2000, Pages 15779-15794

  Newell, Patrick T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449098716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000051     Document Type: Article

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