Polar auroral arc studies particularly using Akebono satellite and Qaanaaq (Greenland) all-sky imager data

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1361-1372

  Obara, Takahiro ^a   Fukui, Katsura ^b  

^a Hiraiso Solar Terrestrial Res Ctr   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0346444982     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00187-3     Document Type: Review

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