A statistical study of traveling convection vortices using the Magnetometer Array for Cusp and Cleft Studies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Zesta, E ^a   Hughes, W J ^b   Engebretson, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dayside transients; High latitude ionosphere; Ionospheric currents; Magnetic impulse events; Traveling convection vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342300008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JA000386     Document Type: Article

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