What can we tell about global auroral-electrojet activity from a single meridional magnetometer chain?

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1177-1185

  Kauristie, K ^a   Pulkkinen, T I ^a   Pellinen, R J ^a   Opgenoorth, H J ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 2842535089     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-1177-1     Document Type: Article

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