Auroral conjugacy studies based on global imaging

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Ostgaard N ^a   Mende, S B ^b   Frey, H U ^b   Sigwarth, J B ^c   Asnes A ^d   Weygand, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate imaging; Cusp aurora; IMF control; Magnetospheric configuration; Substorm location; Theta aurora

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CUSP AURORA; CUSP PRECIPITATION; SUBSTORM ONSETS; THETA AURORA;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 33847139375     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.05.026     Document Type: Article

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