Polar rain as a diagnostic of recent rapid dayside merging

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A4, 1997, Pages 7151-7157

  Sotirelis, Thomas ^a  

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

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EID: 37149026022     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JA03564     Document Type: Article

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