Ionospheric flow during extended intervals of northward but By-dominated IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 509-538

  Grocott, A ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; Magnetospheric Physics; magnetotail; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038115836     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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