A self-consistent synthesis description of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and scale-dependent auroral process using shear Alfvén wave

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Yoshikawa, A ^a   Amm, O ^b   Vanhamaki H ^b   Fujii, R ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84860395985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016460     Document Type: Article

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