Polar, Cluster and SuperDARN evidence for high-latitude merging during southward IMF: Temporal/spatial evolution

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2233-2258

  Maynard, N C ^a   Ober, D M ^a   Burke, W J ^b   Scudder, J D ^c   Lester, M ^d   Dunlop, M ^e   Wild, J A ^d   Grocott, A ^d   Farrugia, C J ^f   Lund, E J ^f   Russell, C T ^g   Weimer, D R ^a   Siebert, K D ^a   Balogh, A ^h   Andre, M ⁱ   Reme H ^j  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j IRAP   (France)

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Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers; magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0348166017     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2233-2003     Document Type: Article

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