Are north-south aligned auroral structures an ionospheric manifestation of bursty bulk flows?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3737-3740

  Henderson, M G ^a,b   Reeves, G D ^b   Murphree, J S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORAL STRUCTURES; BURSTY BULK FLOWS; MAGNETOTAIL;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PLASMA FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0032193740     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02692     Document Type: Article

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