The statistical dependence of auroral absorption on geomagnetic and solar wind parameters

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 877-887

  Kavanagh, A J ^a   Kosch, M J ^b,c   Honary, F ^b   Senior, A ^b   Marple, S R ^b   Woodfield, E E ^a   McCrea, I W ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (modeling and forecasting); Magnetospheric physics (energenetic particles, precipitating; solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 1942472123     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-877-2004     Document Type: Article

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