Global auroral proton precipitation observed by IMAGE-FUV: Noon and midnight brightness dependence on solar wind characteristics and IMF orientation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Coumans, Valérie ^a   Gérard, Jean Claude ^a   Hubert, Benoît ^a   Meurant, Matthieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 33947707945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011317     Document Type: Article

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