Meridional motions of the afternoon radar aurora, auroral electrojets, and absorption patches under variable IMF conditions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1649-1664

  Makarevitch, R A ^a   Honary, F ^a   Koustov, A V ^b   Uspensky, M V ^c,d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d MURMANSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electric fields and currents; plasma convection)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 2442473327     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1649-2004     Document Type: Article

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