The nature of the mesoscale field-aligned currents in the auroral oval for positive IMF BZ: More frequent occurrence in the dawnside sector than in the duskside sector | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 14, 2024


Article Number		16
Number of page(s)		9
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2024013
Published online		28 May 2024

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