Temporal evolution of two auroral arcs as measured by the Cluster satellite and coordinated ground-based instruments

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4089-4101

  Aikio, A T ^a   Mursula, K ^a   Buchert, S ^b   Forme, F ^c   Amm, O ^d   Marklund, G ^e   Dunlop, M ^f   Fontaine, D ^c   Vaivads, A ^b   Fazakerley, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (electric fields and currents); Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 19944431496     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-4089-2004     Document Type: Article

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