Influences on the radius of the auroral oval

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2913-2924

  Milan, S E ^a   Hutchinson, J ^a   Boakes, P D ^a,b   Hubert, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics); Solar wind magnetosphere interactions; Storms and substorms

Indexed keywords

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETOSPHERE; PERTURBATION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 72149102362     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2913-2009     Document Type: Article

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