EISCAT-Cluster observations of quiet-time near-Earth magnetotail fast flows and their signatures in the ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-319

  Pitkanen T ^a   Aikio, A T ^a   Amm, O ^b   Kauristie, K ^b   Nilsson, H ^c   Kaila, K U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 79951601332     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-299-2011     Document Type: Article

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