Simultaneous auroral observations described in the historical records of China, Japan and Korea from ancient times to AD 1700

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Willis, D M ^a,c,d   Stephenson, F R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034420784     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0001-6     Document Type: Article

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