Studies of the auroral E region neutral wind through a solar cycle: Quiet days

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A1, 1999, Pages 45-66

  Nozawa, S ^a   Brekke, A ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

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