Cusp and LLBL as sources of the isolated dayside auroral feature during northward IMF

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Chang, S W ^a,b,e   Gallagher, D L ^b,e   Spann, J F ^b,e   Mende, S B ^c   Greenwald, R A ^d   Newell, P T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cusp and LLBL; Magnetic merging; Proton aurora

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845809404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010619     Document Type: Article

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