Westward ionospheric electric field perturbations on the dayside associated with substorm processes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Wei, Y ^b   Pu, Z ^b   Hong, M ^c   Zong, Q ^b   Ren, Z ^c   Fu, S ^b   Xie, L ^b   Alex, S ^a   Cao, X ^b   Wang, J ^b   Chu, X ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 72049128896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014445     Document Type: Article

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