Distinct solar wind pressure pulses producing convection twin-vortex systems in the ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2201-2211

  Sarafopoulos, D V ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (solar wind magnetosphere interactions; current systems; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 3242884156     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2201-2004     Document Type: Article

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