Super Dual Auroral Radar Network observations of ionospheric multicell convection during northward interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A4, 2000, Pages 7419-7428

  Huang, Chao Song ^a   Andre, D A ^a   Sofko, G J ^a   Kustov, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 39449121994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000364     Document Type: Article

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