Multi-instrument study of footprints of magnetopause reconnection in the summer ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1118-1127

  Pryse, S E ^a   Smith, A M ^a   Walker, I K ^a   Kersley, L ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; particle precipitation; plasma temperature and density)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358329     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-1118-3     Document Type: Article

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