Multi-instrument observations of the electric and magnetic field structure of omega bands

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-110

  Wild, J A ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Eglitis, P ^b,c   Opgenoorth, H J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere: Electric fields and currents); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034386919     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0099-6     Document Type: Article

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