Auroral surge currents and electrodynamics with FAST and VIS

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 191-197

  Cummer, S A ^a   Vondrak, R R ^a   Pfaff, R F ^a   Gierloev, J W ^b   Carlson, C W ^c   Ergun, R E ^c   Peria, W J ^c   Elphic, R C ^d   Strangeway, R J ^e   Sigwarth, J B ^f   Frank, L A ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 84956930971     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0191     Document Type: Chapter

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