Meso-scale aurora within the expansion phase bulge

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2209-2218

  Partamies, N ^a   Kauristie, K ^b   Donovan, E ^a   Spanswick, E ^a   Liou, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; STORM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751093762     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2209-2006     Document Type: Article

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