Daytime high-latitude auroral pulsations: Some morphological features and the region of the magnetospheric source

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10135-10144

  Vorobjev, V G ^a   Yagodkina, O I ^a   Sibeck, D G ^b,c   Newell, P ^b,c  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 20044367679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900158     Document Type: Article

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