The polarisation of auroral emissions: A tracer of the E region ionospheric currents | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 12, 2022


Article Number		17
Number of page(s)		14
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2022014
Published online		20 May 2022

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