Towards a synthesis of substorm electrodynamics: HF radar and auroral observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3365-3381

  Grocott, A ^a   Lester, M ^a   Parkinson, M L ^b   Yeoman, T K ^a   Dyson, P L ^b   Devlin, J C ^b   Frey, H U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CONVECTION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33845922810     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3365-2006     Document Type: Article

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