Comparison of large-scale field-aligned currents under sunlit and dark ionospheric conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a,c   Ueno, G ^b   Higuchi, T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

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

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EID: 33747181018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011057     Document Type: Article

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