Response of Jupiter's UV auroras to interplanetary conditions as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope during the Cassini flyby campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Nichols, J D ^a,b   Bunce, E J ^a   Clarke, J T ^b   Cowley, S W H ^a   Gerard J C ^c   Grodent, D ^c   Pryor, W R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d Central Arizona College   (United States)

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EID: 34248539592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012005     Document Type: Article

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