Energy input from the exterior cusp into the ionosphere: Correlated ground-based and satellite observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Yordanova, E ^a   Sundkvist, D ^b   Buchert, S C ^a   Andre M ^a   Ogawa, Y ^c   Morooka, M ^a   Margithu, O ^d,e   Amm, O ^f   Fazakerley, A N ^g   Reme H ^h  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; JOULE HEATING; PLASMA HEATING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLUSTER MEASUREMENT; ENERGY FLUX; ENERGY TRANSPORT;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

E REGION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; ENERGY FLUX; F REGION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; PARTICULATE FLUX; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 34547971695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028617     Document Type: Article

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