The global morphology of wave poynting flux: Powering the aurora

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5605, 2003, Pages 383-386

  Keiling, A ^a,d   Wygant, J R ^a   Cattell, C A ^a   Mozer, F S ^b   Russell, C T ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FLUX;

MAGNETIC FIELD LINES;

IONOSPHERE;

AURORA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLAR REGION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY RESOURCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037449543     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1080073     Document Type: Article

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