The influence of the IMF By component on the location of pulsed flows in the dayside ionosphere observed by an HF radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 521-524

  Provan, G ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PULSATILE FLOW; RADAR; FLOW PATTERNS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONVECTIVE FLOW; FIELD LINES; FINLAND; HF RADARS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; GEOMAGNETISM;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); MAGNETOPAUSE FLUX TRANSFER; PULSED IONOSPHERIC CONVECTIVE FLOWS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0033557771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900009     Document Type: Article

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