Method to locate the polar cap boundary in the nightside ionosphere and application to a substorm event

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1905-1917

  Aikio, A T ^a   Pitkanen T ^a   Kozlovsky, A ^a,b   Amm, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; STORM;

EID: 33751074418     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1905-2006     Document Type: Article

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