Ionospheric effects of magnetopause reconnection observed using ionospheric tomography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-296

  Walker, I K ^a   Moen, J ^b   Mitchell, C N ^a   Kersley, L ^a   Sandholt, P E ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; E REGION; F REGION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERIC TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETOSPHERIC RECONNECTION;

METEOROLOGY; MAGNETOPAUSE;

AURORAL EMISSION; DENSITY ENHANCEMENT; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITIES; IONOSPHERIC TOMOGRAPHY; SOLAR WIND PARTICLES; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0032002573     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL53698     Document Type: Article

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