Tracing geomagnetic conjugate points using exceptionally similar synchronous auroras

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Sato, Natsuo ^a,b   Kadokura, Akira ^a   Ebihara, Yusuke ^a   Deguchi, Hiroki ^b   Saemundsson, Thorsteinn ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; VIDEO CAMERAS;

GEOMAGNETIC CONJUGATE POINTS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD LINES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD (IMF); SYNCHRONOUS AURORAS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 27544488408     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023710     Document Type: Article

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