The ionospheric signature of transient dayside reconnection and the associated pulsed convection return flow

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1166-1171

  Milan, S E ^a   Lester, M ^a   Greenwald, R A ^b   Sofko, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (plasma convection); Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346755181     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-1166-2     Document Type: Article

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