On the triggering of auroral substorms by northward turnings of the interplanetary magnetic field

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3559-3570

  Wild, J A ^a   Woodfield, E E ^a   Morley, S K ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 79953694909     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3559-2009     Document Type: Article

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