Substorm dynamics revealed by ground observations of two-dimensional auroral structures on 9 October 2000

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3599-3613

  Liang, J ^a,b   Donovan, E F ^c   Sofko, G J ^a   Trondsen, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Auroral ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (Storms and substorms, Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; STORM DAMAGE; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 30744455743     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3599-2005     Document Type: Article

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