The influence of IMF by on the nature of the nightside high-latitude ionospheric flow during intervals of positive IMF Bz

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1755-1764

  Grocott, A ^a   Badman, S V ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Cripps, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (plasma convection; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (magnetotail)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442609868     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1755-2004     Document Type: Article

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