Polar observations of the time-varying cusp

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 19057-19065

  Rae, I J ^a,b   Lester, M ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Fritz, T A ^c   Grande, M ^d   Scudder, J D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 39449098768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja003015     Document Type: Article

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