Double dayside detached auroras: TIMED/GUVI observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Y ^a   Paxton, L J ^a   Meng, C I ^a   Morrison, D ^a   Wolven, B ^a   Kil, H ^a   Christensen, A B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; PROTONS;

DAYSIDE DETACHED AURORAS; MAGNETIC LATITUDES;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 4143152778     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018949     Document Type: Article

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