Global auroral responses to abrupt solar wind changes: Dynamic pressure, substorm, and null events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A8, 2005, Pages

  Lyons, L R ^a   Lee, D Y ^b   Wang, C P ^a   Mende, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746342103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011089     Document Type: Article

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