Shear velocity profiles associated with auroral curls

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A8, 1999, Pages 17277-17288

  Vogt, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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