Pi2 band activity at low latitudes during non-substorm intervals

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Sutcliffe, P R ^a,b  

^a HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORAL OVAL; DAMPED OSCILLATIONS; MAGNETOSPHERIC SUBSTORMS; NEUTRAL LINE; SUBSTORMS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

AURORA; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; OSCILLATION;

EID: 77949287858     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041661     Document Type: Article

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