Auroral streamers and magnetic flux closure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Hubert, B ^a   Kauristie, K ^b   Amm, O ^b   Milan, S E ^c   Grocott, A ^c   Cowley, S W H ^c   Pulkkinen, T I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA FLOW;

AURORAL STREAMERS; MAGNETOTAIL;

GEOMAGNETISM;

AURORA; CONVECTION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MAGNETOTAIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34948816177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030580     Document Type: Article

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