Observations of structured optical emissions and particle precipitation equatorward of the traditional auroral oval

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Pedersen, T ^a   Mishin, E ^b   Oksavik, K ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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

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EID: 37249033199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012299     Document Type: Article

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