Localized aurora beyond the auroral oval

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Frey, Harald U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRON; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 34249939306     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RG000174     Document Type: Review

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