On the profile of intense high-altitude auroral electric fields at magnetospheric boundaries

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1713-1723

  Johansson, T ^a   Marklund, G ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Lilo S ^a   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Marchaudon, A ^b   Nilsson, H ^c   Fazakerley, A ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; BOUNDARY LAYER; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 33751071835     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1713-2006     Document Type: Article

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