Continuous observation of cusp auroral dynamics in response to an IMF BY polarity change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1243-1246

  Moen, J ^a,d   Carlson, H C ^b   Sandholt, P E ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOPAUSE; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; ORBITS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SPACECRAFT;

AURORAL ACTIVITIES; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME; MOTION PATTERN; POLARITY CHANGE;

SOLAR SYSTEM; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CUSP AURORAL DYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION; ZONAL SHIFT;

AURORA;

EID: 0033134210     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900224     Document Type: Article

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