Findings concerning the positions of substorm onsets with auroral images from the Polar spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A6, 2000, Pages 12747-12761

  Frank, L A ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 39449105931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000356     Document Type: Article

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