Flow channels in the winter cusp/cleft ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Moen, J ^a,b   Rinne, Y ^a   Carlson, H C ^a,c   Oksavik, K ^d   Fujii, R ^e   Opgenoorth, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 56749098183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013061     Document Type: Article

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