Possible role of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling in auroral arc generation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1108-1117

  Lyatsky, W ^b   Hamza, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004327594     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-1108-5     Document Type: Article

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