New evidence for the brightness and ionization of blue starters and blue jets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21549-21554

  Wescott, E M ^a   Sentman, D D ^a   Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^a   Huet, P ^b   Heavner, M J ^c   Moudry, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Los Alamos National Laboratory ^*  (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449105650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000429     Document Type: Article

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