The dynamic cusp aurora on 30 November 1997: Response to southward turning of the IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1155-1165

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b   Lybekk, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mangetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; solar wind magnetosphere interactions; auroral phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033423846     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-1155-5     Document Type: Article

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