Dawn/dusk auroras and geomagnetic fluctuations: Ionospheric effects of intense solar wind ram pressure

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 133, Issue , 2002, Pages 361-370

  Zhou, X Y ^a   Frey, H U ^b   Watermann, J F ^c   Tsurutani, B T ^a   Sibeck, D G ^d   Mende, S B ^b   Arballo, J K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84952789057     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/133GM36     Document Type: Chapter

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