Excitation of transient lobe cell convection and auroral arc at the cusp poleward boundary during a transition of the interplanetary magnetic field from south to north

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 487-493

  Sandholt, P E ^a   Farrugia, C J ^b   Cowley, S W H ^c   Lester, M ^c   Cerisier, J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Ctr d'Etud Environnements T   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; Magnetospheric physics auroral phenomena; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035637162     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-487-2001     Document Type: Article

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