Auroral precipitation power during substorms: A Polar UV Imager-based superposed epoch analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A12, 2001, Pages 28885-28896

  Newell, Patrick T ^a   Liou, Kan ^a   Sotirelis, Thomas ^a   Meng, Ching I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 39449139853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000428     Document Type: Article

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