A statistical study of diurnal, seasonal and solar cycle variations of F-region and topside auroral upflows observed by EISCAT between 1984 and 1996

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1144-1158

  Foster, C ^a   Lester, M ^a   Davies, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; particle acceleration)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445084     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1144-0     Document Type: Article

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