Average characteristics and activity dependence of the subauroral polarization stream

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Foster, J C ^a   Vo, H B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Electric field; Magnetosphere ionosphere coupling; Subauroral

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649117133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009409     Document Type: Article

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