Polar ultraviolet imager observations of global auroral power as a function of polar cap size and magnetotail stretching

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 5895-5905

  Newell, Patrick T ^a   Liou, Kan ^a   Sotirelis, Thomas ^a   Meng, Ching I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001147945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003034     Document Type: Article

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