Electrodynamics of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and feedback on magnetospheric field line resonances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Lu, J Y ^a   Rankin, R ^a   Marchand, R ^a   Rae, I J ^a   Wang, W ^b   Solomon, S C ^b   Lei, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 37249009645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012195     Document Type: Article

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