High-latitude aurora during steady northward interplanetary magnetic field and changing IMF By

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A2, 2005, Pages

  Cumnock, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33747202692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010867     Document Type: Article

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