Far-ultraviolet signature of polar cusp during southward IMF Bz observed by TIMED/Global Ultraviolet Imager and DMSP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A1, 2005, Pages

  Zhang, Y ^a   Meng, C I ^a   Paxton, L J ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Wolven, B ^a   Kil, H ^a   Newell, P ^a   Wing, S ^a   Christensen, A B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 33747044184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010707     Document Type: Article

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