Origin of the SuperDARN broad Doppler spectra: Simultaneous observation with Oersted satellite magnetometer

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Hosokawa, K ^a   Yamashita, S ^b   Stauning, P ^c   Sato, N ^d   Yukimatu, A S ^d   Iyemori, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; plasma convection); Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers)

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 1142293878     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-159-2004     Document Type: Article

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