Interplanetary magnetic field By dependence of the relative position of the dayside ultraviolet auroral oval and the HF radar cusp

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 29027-29036

  McWilliams, K A ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^b   Frank, L A ^b   Brittnacher, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 39449136411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900092     Document Type: Article

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