High-latitude plasma convection from Cluster EDI: Variances and solar wind correlations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1691-1707

  Farster M ^a   Paschmann, G ^b   Haaland, S E ^b,c   Quinn, J M ^d   Torbert, R B ^e   Vaith, H ^b   Kletzing, C A ^f  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CONVECTION; DATABASE; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOLAR WIND; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34547641757     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1691-2007     Document Type: Article

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