Global auroral response to a solar wind pressure pulse

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1377-1385

  Brittnacher, M ^a   Wilber, M ^a   Fillingim, M ^a   Chua, D ^a   Parks, G ^a   Spann, J ^b   Germany, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0005444395     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00647-X     Document Type: Article

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