Statistical study of high-latitude plasma flow during magnetospheric substorms

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3607-3624

  Provan, G ^a   Lester, M ^a   Mende, S B ^b   Milan, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (plasma convection); Magnetospheric physics (Storms and Substorms, plasma convection)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 10644247596     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3607-2004     Document Type: Article

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