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Thermospheric Energetics and a Possible Explanation of Some Observations of Geomagnetic Disturbances and Radio Aurorae

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NEWELL, R. Thermospheric Energetics and a Possible Explanation of Some Observations of Geomagnetic Disturbances and Radio Aurorae. Nature 211, 700–703 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211700a0

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