On ionospheric trough conductance and subauroral polarization streams: Simulation results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Zheng, Yihua ^a,c   Brandt, Pontus C ^a,c   Lui, Anthony T Y ^a,c   Fok, Mei Ching ^b  

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

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JHU/APL   (United States)

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EID: 46749107093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012532     Document Type: Article

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