The dynamics and relationships of precipitation, temperature and convection boundaries in the dayside auroral ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1973-1987

  Moen, J ^a,b   Lockwood, M ^c   Oksavik, K ^a   Carlson, H C ^d   Denig, W F ^e   van Eyken, A P ^f   McCrea, I W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; particle precipitation; plasma convection; plasma temperature and density)

Indexed keywords

F REGION; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 3242884158     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1973-2004     Document Type: Article

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