Unmanned magnetometer network observation in the 44th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition: Initial results and an event study on auroral substorm evolution

Polar Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-235

  Kadokura, Akira ^a   Yamagishi, Hisao ^a   Sato, Natsuo ^a   Nakano, Kei ^b   Rose, Mike C ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Auroral substorm; Unmanned magnetometer network

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ANTARCTICA; DOME FUJI; EAST ANTARCTICA; SYOWA STATION;

EID: 47749127775     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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