Observations of nightside auroral plasma upflows in the F-region and topside ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1274-1283

  Foster, C ^a   Lester, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2842546939     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-1274-1     Document Type: Article

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