A critique of methods of determining the position of the focus of the Sq current system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A4, 2005, Pages

  Stening, Robert ^a   Reztsova, Tamara ^a   Ivers, David ^b   Turner, Jon ^b   Winch, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33747204824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010784     Document Type: Article

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