Dependencies of high-latitude plasma convection: Consideration of interplanetary magnetic field, seasonal, and universal time factors in statistical patterns

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Ruohoniemi, J M ^a   Greenwald, R A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747199544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010815     Document Type: Article

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