Climatological characteristics of the auroral ionosphere in terms of electric field and ionospheric conductance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10031-10040

  Ahn, B H ^a,b,c   Emery, B A ^b   Kroehl, H W ^c   Kamide, Y ^d  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 6344220651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900043     Document Type: Article

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