Transpolar voltage and polar cap flux during the substorm cycle and steady convection events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lockwood, Mike ^a,b   Hairston, Marc ^c   Finch, Ivan ^b   Rouillard, Alexis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 63149118003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013697     Document Type: Article

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