ULF waves and auroral electrons

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 169, Issue , 2006, Pages 239-257

  Chaston, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84979460752     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/169GM16     Document Type: Chapter

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