Several 'controversial' issues on substorms

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-40

  Akasofu, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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OXYGEN; PROTON;

ACCURACY; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CAMERA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIPOLE; DISASTER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; FILM; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENT; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHOCK WAVE; SYNTHESIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644326822     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SPAC.0000042938.57710.fb     Document Type: Review

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