Remote-sensing magnetospheric dynamics with riometers: Observation and theory

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Liu, W W ^a   Liang, J ^a   Spanswick, E ^b   Donovan, E F ^b  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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