Spherical cap harmonic analysis of Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) observations for generating maps of ionospheric convection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Fiori, R A D ^a,b   Boteler, D H ^a   Koustov, A V ^b   Haines, G V ^a   Ruohoniemi, J M ^c  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

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EID: 77955592434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015055     Document Type: Article

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