Initial POLAR MFE observation of substorm signatures in the polar magnetosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1459-1462

  Kawano, H ^a,b   Le, G ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Rostoker, G ^c   Mukai, T ^d   Spence, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETISM; SPACECRAFT; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOMETERS; SATELLITES;

CONSTANT ALTITUDE; GROUND MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAGNETOTAILS; SUBSTORM ACTIVITY; SUBSTORMS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

POLAR CAP; SUBSTORM SIGNATURE;

EID: 0031168114     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01405     Document Type: Article

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