Radar observations of magnetospheric activity during extremely quiet solar wind conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A4, 2002, Pages

  Walker, A D M ^a   Baker, K B ^b   Pinnock, M ^c   Dudeney, J R ^c   Rash, J P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HF radar; Magnetospheric convection; Quiet magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038289049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000063     Document Type: Article

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