Chorus-driven resonant scattering of diffuse auroral electrons in nondipolar magnetic fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Ni, Binbin ^a   Thorne, Richard M ^a   Shprits, Yuri Y ^a,b   Orlova, Ksenia G ^a,c   Meredith, Nigel P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960119724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016453     Document Type: Article

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