Auroral and geomagnetic events at cusp/mantle latitudes in the prenoon sector during positive IMF By conditions: Signatures of pulsed magnetopause reconnection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A4, 1997, Pages 7191-7205

  Oieroset M ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 37149019939     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA03716     Document Type: Article

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