Interhemispheric comparison of average substorm onset locations: Evidence for deviation from conjugacy

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 989-999

  Wang, H ^a,d   Luhr H ^b   Ma, S Y ^a   Frey, H U ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACECRAFT; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 34248592372     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-989-2007     Document Type: Article

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