Magnetic local time, substorm, and particle precipitation-related variations in the behaviour of SuperDARN Doppler spectral widths

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4103-4122

  Parkinson, M L ^a   Chisham, G ^b   Pinnock, M ^b   Dyson, P L ^a   Devlin, J C ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 13244298593     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-4103-2004     Document Type: Article

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