An anomalous subauroral red arc on 4 August, 1972: Comparison of ISIS-2 satellite data with numerical calculations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1411-1425

  Lobzin, V V ^a   Pavlov, A V ^a   Pavlova, N M ^a  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora; thermosphere composition and chemistry); Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642520894     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-1411-8     Document Type: Article

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