Cosmic radio noise absorption events associated with equatorward drifting arcs during a substorm growth phase

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1675-1686

  Jussila, J R T ^a   Aikio, A T ^a   Shalimov, S ^b   Marple, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; particle precipitation; electric fields and currents)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 2442423278     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1675-2004     Document Type: Article

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