Observations of non-conjugate theta aurora

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Ostgaard N ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Frank, L A ^b   Sigwarth, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; EARTH (PLANET); IMAGING SYSTEMS;

AURORA; HEMISPHERICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1642327689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017914     Document Type: Article

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