Latitudinal extent of the January 2005 solar proton event in the Northern Hemisphere from satellite observations of hydroxyl

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2203-2215

  Verronen, P T ^a   Rodger, C J ^b   Clilverd, M A ^c   Pickett, H M ^d   Turunen, E ^e  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LATITUDE; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 36049051343     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2203-2007     Document Type: Article

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