Statistics of the longitudinal splitting of proton aurora during substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Gilson, M L ^a   Raeder, J ^a   Donovan, E ^b   Ge, Y S ^a   Mende, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052327834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016640     Document Type: Article

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