Different response of dayside auroras to increases in solar wind dynamic pressure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Y F ^a   Lu, J Y ^a   Wang, J S ^a   Peng, Z ^b   Qian, Q ^c   Xiao, Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Puyang Vocational and Technical College   (China)

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EID: 80052320486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016385     Document Type: Article

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