Coupling the solar-wind/IMF to the ionosphere through the high latitude cusps

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 255-280

  Maynard, Nelson C ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cusp; Magnetosphere; Reconnection; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CUSP; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); SOLAR WIND;

GEOMAGNETISM;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 24144490837     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-1882-4     Document Type: Article

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