Observed tail current systems associated with bursty bulk flows and auroral streamers during a period of multiple substorms

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-184

  Forsyth, C ^a   Lester, M ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Dandouras, I ^b   Fazakerley, A N ^c   Fear, R C ^a   Frey, H U ^d   Grocott, A ^a   Kadokura, A ^e   Lucek, E ^f   Rame, H ^b   Milan, S E ^a   Watermann, J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 38949149464     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-167-2008     Document Type: Article

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