Temporal evolution of the transpolar potential after a sharp enhancement in solar wind dynamic pressure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Boudouridis, A ^a   Zesta, E ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Anderson, P C ^b   Ridley, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

PRESSURE-DRIVEN CHANGES; SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE; TRANSPOLAR POTENTIAL;

GEOPHYSICS;

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 40849145726     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031766     Document Type: Article

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