Temporal and spatial evolution of discrete auroral arcs as seen by Cluster

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2531-2557

  Figueiredo, Sonia ^a   Marklund, G T ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Johansson, Tommy ^a   Ebihara, Y ^b   Ejiri, M ^b   Ivchenko, N ^a   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Nilsson, H ^c   Fazakerley, A ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; Electric fields and currents; Particle acceleration)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27844609325     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2531-2005     Document Type: Article

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