Dynamics of the aurora and associated convection currents during a cusp bifurcation event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4313-4316

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b   Moen, J ^c   Cowley, S W H ^d   Lybekk, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

AURORA; MAGNETOPAUSE RECONNECTION; TRANSIENT AURORAL BIFURCATION; TRANSIENT CUSP BIFURCATION; AURORAL ACTIVITIES; CONVECTION CURRENTS; HIGH LATITUDES; IMF ORIENTATION; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW LATITUDES; NORTHWARD IMF;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

AURORA;

EID: 0033489814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900113     Document Type: Article

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