Superposed epoch analysis applied to large-amplitude travelling convection vortices

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 743-753

  Luhr H ^a   Rother, M ^a   Iyemori, T ^b   Hansen, T L ^c   Lepping, R P ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Aural ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric Physics (current system)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542397565     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0743-0     Document Type: Article

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