Statistics of a parallel Poynting vector in the auroral zone as a function of altitude using Polar EFI and MFE data and Astrid-2 EMMA data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1797-1806

  Janhunen, Pekka ^a   Olsson, A ^b   Tsyganenko, N A ^c   Russell, C T ^d   Laakso, H ^e   Blomberg, L G ^f  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Auroral phenomena; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Space plasma physics (Wave particle interactions)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRON DENSITY;

EID: 24044478121     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-1797-2005     Document Type: Article

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