An unusual giant spiral arc in the polar cap region during the northward phase of a Coronal Mass Ejection

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 507-517

  Rosenqvist, L ^a   Kullen, A ^a   Buchert, S ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CORONAL MASS EJECTION; EARTH; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33947096873     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-507-2007     Document Type: Article

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