A statistical analysis of the assimilative mapping of ionospheric electrodynamics auroral specification

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A7, 2005, Pages

  Kihn, E A ^a   Ridley, A J ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33746383252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010371     Document Type: Article

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