Two-dimensional electric field measurements in the ionospheric footprint of a flux transfer event

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1584-1598

  McWilliams, K A ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; plasma convection; solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035590468     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850000295     Document Type: Article

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