EISCAT and Cluster observations in the vicinity of the dynamical polar cap boundary

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-105

  Aikio, A T ^a   Pitkanen, T ^a   Fontaine, D ^b   Dandouras, I ^c   Amm, O ^d   Kozlovsky, A ^a,e   Vaivdas, A ^f   Fazakerley, A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE;

EID: 38949133944     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-87-2008     Document Type: Article

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