The Connection between Transpolar Arcs and Magnetotail Rotation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Kullen, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); TRANSPOLAR ARCS (TPA);

SPACE RESEARCH;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0034352568     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010675     Document Type: Article

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