Space- and ground-based investigations of solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1671-1677

  Milan, S E ^a   Wild, J A ^a   Grocott, A ^a   Draper, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic reconnection; Solar wind magnetosphere ionosphere coupling; Substorms

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACE RESEARCH; STORMS; WIND;

MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; SOLAR WIND MAGNETOSPHERE IONOSPHERE COUPLING; SUBSTORMS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 33745844858     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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