Transpolar arc evolution and associated potential patterns

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1213-1231

  Cumnock, J A ^a,b   Blomberg, L G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electric fields and currents); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442448474     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1213-2004     Document Type: Article

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