Coherent EISCAT Svalbard Radar spectra from the dayside cusp/cleft and their implications for transient field-aligned currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24613-24624

  Sedgemore Schulthess, K J F ^a   Lockwood, M ^b   Trondsen, T S ^c   Lanchester, B S ^a   Rees, M H ^a   Lorentzen, D A ^d   Moen, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

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EID: 15544372626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900276     Document Type: Article

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