On the association between northward turnings of the interplanetary magnetic field and substorm onsets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Morley, Steven K ^a   Freeman, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; STATISTICS; STORMS;

INTERPLANETARY; SOLAR WIND ENERGY; SUBSTORM;

PLANETS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250785612     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028891     Document Type: Article

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