Response of the auroral electrojet indices to abrupt southward IMF turnings

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1167-1182

  Gjerloev, J W ^a   Hoffman, R A ^b   Ohtani, S ^a   Weygand, J ^c   Barnes, R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UCLA ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Current systems; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Solar windmagnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 80051819659     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1167-2010     Document Type: Article

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