Correlation between ground-based observations of substorm signatures and magnetotail dynamics

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 997-1011

  Boralv E ^a   Opgenoorth, H J ^a,i   Kauristie, Kirsti ^b   Lester, M ^c   Bosqued, J M ^d   Dewhurst, J P ^e   Owen, C J ^e   Dunlop, M ^f,h   Slavin, J A ^g   Fazakerley, A ^e   Perry, C ^h  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Magnetotail; Storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL;

EID: 21044437331     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-997-2005     Document Type: Article

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