Identification of the low-altitude cusp by Super Dual Auroral Radar Network radars: A physical explanation for the empirically derived signature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A12, 2000, Pages 27081-27093

  Andre R ^a,b   Pinnock, M ^a   Rodger, A S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 39449114154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900071     Document Type: Article

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