Global observations of electromagnetic and particle energy flux for an event during northern winter with southward interplanetary magnetic field

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1415-1430

  Korth, H ^a   Anderson, B J ^a   Ruohoniemi, J M ^a   Frey, H U ^b   Waters, C L ^c   Immel, T J ^b   Green, D L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY FLUX; IONOSPHERE; IRIDIUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 45149129206     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1415-2008     Document Type: Article

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