Modeling elves observed by FORMOSAT-2 satellite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Kuo, Cheng Ling ^a,b   Chen, A B ^a   Lee, Y J ^a   Tsai, L Y ^a   Chou, R K ^a   Hsu, R R ^a   Su, H T ^a   Lee, L C ^b   Cummer, S A ^c   Frey, H U ^d   Mende, S B ^d   Takahashi, Y ^e   Fukunishi, H ^e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 38349136806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012407     Document Type: Article

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