A statistical study of intense electric fields at 4-7 RE geocentric distance using Cluster

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2579-2588

  Johansson, Tommy ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Marklund, G ^a   Figueiredo, Sonia ^a   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Buchert, S ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Electric fields; Auroral phenomena; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844562666     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2579-2005     Document Type: Article

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