Small-scale auroral current sheet structuring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chaston, C C ^a   Seki, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 78649722968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015536     Document Type: Article

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