Response of the quiet auroral arc motion to ionospheric convection variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A10, 2001, Pages 21463-21473

  Kozlovsky, A ^a   Lakkala, T ^b   Kangas, J ^a   Aikio, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 39449121870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900043     Document Type: Article

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