Driving dayside convection with northward IMF: Observations by a sounding rocket launched from Svalbard

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A3, 2000, Pages 5245-5263

  Maynard, N C ^a   Burke, W J ^b   Pfaff, R F ^c   Weber, E J ^b   Ober, D M ^a   Weimer, D R ^a   Moen, J ^d   Milan, S ^e   Maseide K ^f   Sandholt, P E ^f   Egeland, A ^f   Soraas F ^g   Lepping, R ^c   Bounds, S ^c   Acuna M H ^c   Freudenreich, H ^c   Machuzak, J S ^b   Gentile, L C ^h   Clemmons, J H ⁱ   Lester, M ^e   Ning, P ^j   Hardy, D A ^b   Holtet, J A ^f   Stadsnes, J ^g   Van Eyken, T ^k,l   more..

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^j Keo Consultants   (United States)

^k EISCAT Svalbard Radar   (Norway)

^l Svalbard European Incoherent Scatter Radar   (Norway)

more..

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EID: 39449105622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900462     Document Type: Article

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