Shock aurora: FAST arid DMSP observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Zhou, X Y ^a   Strangeway, R J ^b   Anderson, R C ^c   Sibeck, D G ^d   Tsurutani, B T ^a   Haerendel G ^e   Frey, H U ^f   Arballo, J K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroras; Particle precipitation; Solar wind magnetosphere ionosphere interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942293480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009701     Document Type: Article

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