Strong flow bursts in the nightside ionosphere during extremely quiet solar wind conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 881-884

  Walker, A D M ^a   Pinnock, M ^b   Baker, K B ^c   Dudeney, J R ^b   Rash, J P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; RADAR; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE;

SOLAR WINDS; STRONG FLOW BURST;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; SOLAR WIND;

ANTARCTICA; ENERGY RELEASE; HF RADARS; MAGNETOTAILS; REPETITION TIME; WIND CONDITIONS;

EID: 0032024666     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00408     Document Type: Article

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