The dayside ultraviolet aurora and convection responses to a southward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 707-721

  McWilliams, K A ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Sigwarth, J B ^b   Frank, L A ^b   Brittnacher, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics auroral phenomena; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442467225     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-707-2001     Document Type: Article

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