Multi-instrument probing of the polar ionosphere under steady northward IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-98

  Pryse, S E ^a   Smith, A M ^a   Kersley, L ^a   Walker, I K ^a   Mitchell, C N ^a   Moen, J ^b,d   Smith, R W ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (polar ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; polar cap phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034393139     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0090-2     Document Type: Article

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