Role of poleward moving auroral forms in the dawn-dusk auroral precipitation asymmetries induced by IMF By

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 34250200041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011952     Document Type: Article

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