Ionospheric response to variable electric fields in small-scale auroral structures

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1343-1354

  Lanchester, B S ^a   Rees, M H ^a   Sedgemore, K J F ^a   Palmer, J R ^a   Frey, H U ^b,d   Kaila, K U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; EISCAT; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542373798     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1343-8     Document Type: Article

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