Northward interplanetary magnetic field cusp aurora and high-latitude magnetopause reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A6, 1997, Pages 11349-11362

  Oieroset M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 37149015773     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA00559     Document Type: Article

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