The auroral oval boundaries on January 10, 1997: A comparison of global magnetospheric simulations with UVI images

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2585-2588

  Elsen, R K ^a   Winglee, R M ^a   Spann, J F ^b   Germany, G A ^c,d   Brittnacher, M ^a   Parks, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL OVAL BOUNDARIES; GLOBAL MAGNETOSPHERIC SIMULATION; MAGNETIC CLOUD EVENT; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

AURORAL OVAL; CONVECTION REVERSAL; DYNAMIC PERIOD; MAGNETIC CLOUDS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MAGNETOSPHERIC BOUNDARY; MAGNETOSPHERIC SIMULATION; SEPARATRIX;

EID: 0032118798     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01066     Document Type: Article

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