Modeling seasonal variations of auroral particle precipitation in a global-scale magnetosphere-ionosphere simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wiltberger, M ^a   Weigel, R S ^b   Lotko, W ^c   Fedder, J A ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

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EID: 63149146137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013108     Document Type: Article

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