The equatorward wall of the subauroral trough in the afternoon/evening sector

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 645-659

  Prolss G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRON; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 34047171263     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-645-2007     Document Type: Article

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