Drifting airglow patches in relation to tail reconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Lorentzen, D A ^a   Shumilov, N ^c   Moen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PHOTOMETERS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AIRGLOW PATCHES; MERIDIAN SCANNING PHOTOMETER; AURORAL OVAL; FIELD LINES; GROUND BASED; GROWTH PHASE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR CAP; REPETITION RATE; SUBSTORMS;

GEOPHYSICS; F REGION;

AIRGLOW; AURORA; F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 2442560095     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017785     Document Type: Article

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