Correlative variations of the neutral atom emission in the high-altitude cusp and the fast anti-sunward convection in the low-altitude cusp

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Murata, Y ^a   Taguchi, S ^a   Hosokawa, K ^a   Nakao, A ^a   Collier, M R ^b   Moore, T E ^b   Sato, N ^c   Yamagishi, H ^c   Yukimatu, A S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 38349108221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012404     Document Type: Article

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