Asymmetric multiple auroral arcs and inertial Alfvén waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2945-2948

  Trondsen, T S ^a   Cogger, L L ^a   Samson, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

AURORAL ARCS; FINE-SCALE; HIGH RESOLUTION; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; PARALLEL MOTION; SMALL SCALE; SUBSTORMS; UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AURORAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 0031271641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52855     Document Type: Article

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