Direct determination of IMF BY-related cusp current systems, using SuperDARN radar and multiple ground magnetometer data: A link to theory on cusp current origin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A8, 1999, Pages 17187-17198

  Amm, O ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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