Auroral forms and the field-aligned current structure associated with field line resonances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 25825-25833

  Milan, Stephen E ^a,b   Sato, Natsuo ^b   Ejiri, Masaki ^b   Moen, Jøran ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

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EID: 39449138355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900077     Document Type: Article

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