Characteristics of a stable arc based on FAST and MIRACLE observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-160

  Janhunen, P ^a   Olsson, A ^b   Amm, O ^a   Kauristie, K ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034399802     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0152-5     Document Type: Article

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