A very bright SAR arc: Implications for extreme magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2593-2608

  Baumgardner, J ^a   Wroten, J ^a   Semeter, J ^a   Kozyra, J ^b   Buonsanto, M ^c   Erickson, P ^c   Mendillo, M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; COUPLING; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TROUGH;

MILLSTONE HILL; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 37749005550     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-2593-2007     Document Type: Article

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