Indirect mapping of the source of the oppositely directed fast plasma flows in the plasma sheet onto the auroral display

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 679-687

  Yahnin, A G ^a   Despirak, I V ^a   Lubchich, A A ^a   Kozelov, B V ^a   Dmitrieva, N P ^b   Shukhtina, M A ^b   Biernat, H K ^c  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTAIL; MAPPING; PLASMA; STORM;

EID: 33749008727     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-679-2006     Document Type: Article

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