Structure of the auroral precipitation region in the dawn sector: Relationship to convection reversal boundaries and field-aligned currents

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 495-519

  Feldstein, Y I ^a   Gromova, L I ^a   Woch, J ^b   Sandahl, I ^c   Blomberg, L ^d   Marklund, G ^d   Meng, C I ^e  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics; Magnetospheric physics current systems; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 5944220592     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-495-2001     Document Type: Article

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