Vertical evolution of auroral acceleration at substorm onset

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-535

  Morioka, A ^a   Miyoshi, Y ^b   Tsuchiya, F ^a   Misawa, H ^a   Yumoto, K ^c   Parks, G K ^d   Anderson, R R ^e   Menietti, J D ^e   Honary, F ^f  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auroral phenomena; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Magnetospheric physics; Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 71749083985     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-525-2009     Document Type: Article

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