Wave and particle characteristics of earthward electron injections associated with dipolarization fronts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Deng, Xiaohua ^a,b   Ashour Abdalla, Maha ^a,c   Zhou, Meng ^a,b   Walker, Raymond ^a,c   El Alaoui, Mostafa ^a   Angelopoulos, Vassilis ^a,c   Ergun, R E ^d   Schriver, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77957568835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015107     Document Type: Article

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