Asymmetric Sunlight Effect on Dayside/Nightside Auroral Precipitation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C: Solar, Terrestrial and Planetary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-47

  Meng, C I ^a   Liou, K ^a   Newell, P T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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AURORA;

EID: 0347608717     PISSN: 14641917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1464-1917(00)00088-X     Document Type: Article

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