Astrid-2 and ground-based observations of the auroral bulge in the middle of the nightside convection throat

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 633-641

  Marklund, G T ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Eglitis, P ^b   Opgenoorth, H ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electric fields and currents; plasma convection)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035638112     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-633-2001     Document Type: Article

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