The importance of solar illumination for discrete and diffuse aurora

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3481-3486

  Hamrin, M ^a   Norqvist, P ^a   Ronnmark K ^a   Fellgard D ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Particle acceleration); Magnetospheric physics (Auroral phenomena; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

AURORA;

EID: 30844457711     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3481-2005     Document Type: Review

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