Sporadic aurorae observed in East Asia

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 417-436

  Willis, D M ^a,b   Stephenson, F R ^c   Fang, Huiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; HISTORICAL RECORD; LUMINESCENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33947147633     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-417-2007     Document Type: Article

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