Nightside detached auroras due to precipitating protons/ions during intense magnetic storms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A2, 2005, Pages

  Zhang, Y ^a   Paxton, L J ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Wolven, B ^a   Kil, H ^a   Wing, S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746333906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010498     Document Type: Article

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