Westward moving dynamic substorm features observed with the IMAGE magnetometer network and other ground-based instruments

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-440

  Luhr H ^a,f   Aylward, A ^b   Bucher, S C ^a,g   Pajunpaa A ^c   Pajunpaa K ^c   Holmboe, T ^d   Zalewski, S M ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^f GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric fields and currents; Ionosphere (Auroral ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542397618     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0425-y     Document Type: Article

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