High-latitude electromagnetic and particle energy flux during an event with sustained strongly northward IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1295-1310

  Korth, Haje ^a   Anderson, B J ^a   Frey, H U ^b   Waters, C L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Polar ionosphere; electric fields and currents; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUX; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 23744434157     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1295-2005     Document Type: Article

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