Auroral signature of lobe reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1725-1728

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b   Oieroset M ^a   Stauning, P ^c   Cowley, S W H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMA FLOW; SOLAR SYSTEM;

AURORA; HEMISPHERE; LOBE RECONNECTION; MAGNETOPAUSE; POLAR CAP; SUNWARD PLASMA CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; MAGNETOPLASMA;

HIGH LATITUDES; HIGHER LATITUDES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTIONS; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMA; PLASMA CONVECTION; SHARP TRANSITION; STEADY MODES;

EID: 0030190998     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01846     Document Type: Article

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