OVATION-SM: A model of auroral precipitation based on SuperMAG generalized auroral electrojet and substorm onset times

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3747-3759

  Mitchell, E J ^a   Newell, P T ^a   Gjerloev, J W ^a,b   Liou, K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auroral Precipitation; Ion precipitation; Substorm; SuperMAG

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882759880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50343     Document Type: Article

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