Simulated midlatitude summer nighttime anomaly in realistic geomagnetic fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ren, Zhipeng ^a   Wan, Weixing ^a   Liu, Libo ^a   Le, Huijun ^a   He, Maosheng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

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EID: 84863343717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017010     Document Type: Article

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