A multipoint study of a substorm occurring on 7 December, 1992, and its theoretical implications

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1369-1384

  Fox, N J ^a   Cowley, S W H ^b   Davda, V N ^c   Enno, G ^d   Friis Christensen, E ^e   Greenwald, R A ^f   Hairston, M R ^g   Lester, M ^b   Lockwood, M ^c   Luhr H ^h   Milling, D K ⁱ   Murphree, J S ^d   Pinnock, M ^j   Reeves, G D ^k  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^h GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^j BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; plasma convection); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033471469     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-1369-6     Document Type: Article

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