Seasonal and hemispheric variations of the total auroral precipitation energy flux from TIMED/GUVI

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Luan, Xiaoli ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Burns, Alan ^a   Solomon, Stanley ^a   Zhang, Yongliang ^b   Paxton, Larry J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

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EID: 78249258437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015063     Document Type: Article

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