Polar UVI images to study steady magnetospheric convection events: Initial results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  DeJong, Anna D ^a   Clauer, C Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; STORMS; ULTRAVIOLET INSTRUMENTS;

AURORAL IMAGES; OPEN FLUX; POLAR CAP; RECONNECTION RATES; STEADY MAGNETOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGER;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 32644443824     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024498     Document Type: Article

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