Solar zenith angle and merging electric field control of field-aligned currents: A statistical study of the Southern Hemisphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A3, 2005, Pages

  Wang, H ^a,b   Luhr H ^a   Ma, S Y ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 26844524812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010530     Document Type: Review

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