Quantitative relationships between plasma sheet fast flows and nightside auroral power

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Shue, J H ^a,c   Ohtani, S ^a,c   Newell, P T ^a,c   Liou, K ^a,c   Meng, C I ^a,c   Ieda, A ^b   Mukai, T ^b  

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

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; M I coupling; Plasma sheet fast flows; Space weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749098063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009794     Document Type: Article

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