Dependence of premidnight field-aligned currents and particle precipitation on solar illumination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Ohtani, S ^a   Wing, S ^a   Ueno, G ^b   Higuchi, T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

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EID: 72049130564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014115     Document Type: Article

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