Auroral precipitation fading before and at substorm onset: Ionospheric and geostationary signatures

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 967-983

  Kauristie, K ^a   Pulkkinen, T I ^a   Huuskonen, A ^a   Pellinen, R J ^a   Opgenoorth, H J ^a,b   Baker, D N ^c   Korth, A ^d   Syrjasuo M ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0642281541     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0967-4     Document Type: Article

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