Scale sizes of intense auroral electric fields observed by Cluster

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2413-2425

  Johansson, T ^a   Marklund, G ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Lileo S ^a   Lindqvist, P A ^a   Nilsson, H ^b   Buchert, S ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AURORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; SCALE EFFECT; SIZE; WINTER;

EID: 36749036009     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2413-2007     Document Type: Article

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