The auroral and ionospheric flow signatures of dual lobe reconnection

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3115-3129

  Imber, S M ^a   Milan, S E ^a   Hubert, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE MOTION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33847229124     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3115-2006     Document Type: Article

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