A new technique for the mapping of ionospheric field-aligned currents from satellite magnetometer data

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 381-388

  Weimer, Daniel R ^a  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 20044379587     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0381     Document Type: Chapter

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