Electrodynamic response of the ionosphere to high-speed solar wind streams

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Pedatella, N M ^a   Forbes, J M ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 83455195246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017050     Document Type: Article

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