Interhemispheric observations of nightside ionospheric electric fields in response to IMF Bz and By changes and substorm pseudobreakup

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 897-907

  Yeoman, T K ^a   Lewis, R V ^b   Khan, H ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Ruohoniemi, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Ipswich School   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034377294     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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