Interhemispheric observations of the ionospheric signature of tail reconnection during IMF-northward non-substorm intervals

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1763-1770

  Grocott, A ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Plasma convection; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (Magnetotail)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 24044446826     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1763-2005     Document Type: Article

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