Coordinated Cluster, ground-based instrumentation and low-altitude satellite observations of transient poleward-moving events in the ionosphere and in the tail lobe

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 12 PART II, 2001, Pages 1589-1612

  Lockwood, M ^a,b   Opgenoorth, H ^c   Van Eyken, A P ^d   Fazakerley, A ^e   Bosqued, J M ^f   Denig, W ^g   Wild, J A ^h   Cully, C ^c,i   Greenwald, R ^j   Lu, G ^k   Amm, O ^l   Frey, H ^u   Stromme A ^m   Prikryl, P ⁿ   Hapgood, M A ^a   Wild, M N ^a   Stamper, R ^a   Taylor, M ^e   McCrea, I ^a   Kauristie, K ^l   Pulkkinen, T ^l   Pitout, F ^c   Balogh, A ^o   Dunlop, M ^o   Reme H ^f   Behlke, R ^c   Hansen, T ^m   Provan, G ^h   Eglitis, P ^c   Morley, S K ^b   Alcayde D ^f   Blelly, P L ^f   Moen, J ^p,q   Donovan, E ⁱ   Engebretson, M ^r   Lester, M ^h   Watermann, J ^s   Marcucci, M F ^t   more..

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^d EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^l FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

ⁿ Industry Canada   (Canada)

^o IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^q UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^r AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^s DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^t INAF   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (polar cap phenomena; solar wind magnetosphere interactions; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 6444245758     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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