Reconnection electric field estimates and dynamics of high-latitude boundaries during a substorm

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2157-2171

  Pitkanen T ^a   Aikio, A T ^a   Kozlovsky, A ^b   Amm, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Polar ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (Auroral phenomena; Magnetosphereionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77950606873     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2157-2009     Document Type: Article

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