THEMIS ground-space observations during the development of auroral spirals

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4317-4332

  Keiling, A ^a   Angelopoulos, V ^b   Weygand, J M ^b   Amm, O ^c   Spanswick, E ^d   Donovan, E ^d   Mende, S ^a   McFadden, J ^a   Larson, D ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^e   Auster, H U ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Auroral phenomena; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; DIAMETER; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA; POLARIZATION; SPACECRAFT; VORTEX;

EID: 71449089463     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-4317-2009     Document Type: Article

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