Relation of polar auroral arcs to magnetotail twisting and IMF rotation: A systematic MHD simulation study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 951-970

  Kullen, Anita ^a   Janhunen, P ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (numerical simulation studies)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1942536110     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-951-2004     Document Type: Article

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