High-latitude observations of impulse-driven ULF pulsations in the ionosphere and on the ground

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 559-576

  Menk, F W ^a,c   Yeoman, T K ^b   Wright, D M ^b   Lester, M ^b   Honary, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetoshere interactions; Ionospheric disturbances; Magnetospheric physics; MHD waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038115770     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-559-2003     Document Type: Article

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