Global auroral response to interplanetary media with emphasis on solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 2006, Pages 197-212

  Liou, Kan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34548337572     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/167GM17     Document Type: Chapter

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