The auroral signature of Earthward flow bursts observed in the Magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3241-3244

  Zesta, Eftyhia ^a   Lyons, Lawrence R ^b   Donovan, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PHOTOMETERS; PLASMA FLOW; SPACECRAFT; STORMS;

ALL-SKY IMAGER; AURORAL OVAL; AURORAL STRUCTURES; FIELD LINES; GEOTAIL; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETOTAILS; OPTICAL AURORA;

EARTH SCIENCES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

AURORAL EMISSIONS; EARTHWARD FLOW BURSTS; MAGNETOTAIL; POLEWARD BOUNDARY INTENSIFICATION (PBI);

AURORA;

EID: 0034353007     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL000027     Document Type: Article

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