Polar patches: Auroral zone precipitation effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  MacDougall, John ^a   Jayachandran, P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 34547381877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011930     Document Type: Article

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