A survey of magnetopause FTEs and associated flow bursts in the polar ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 416-435

  Neudegg, D A ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Lester, M ^a   Provan, G ^a   Haerendel, G ^b   Baumjohann, W ^b   Nikutowski, B ^c   Buchner J ^c   Auster, U ^d   Fornacon, K H ^d   Georgescu, E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (polar ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interaction; solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034382293     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0416-0     Document Type: Review

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