Pulsed flows observed during an interval of prolonged northward IMF

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1207-1225

  Provan, G ^a   Lester, M ^a   Grocott, A ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind magnetosphere interactions; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; polar cap phenomena)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 23744462643     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1207-2005     Document Type: Article

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