Effect of solar wind pressure pulses on the size and strength of the auroral oval

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Boudouridis, A ^a   Zesta, E ^a   Lyons, L R ^a   Anderson, P C ^a,b   Lummerzheim, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

2704 magnetospheric physics: Auroral phenomena (2407); 2716 magnetospheric physics: Energetic particles, precipitating; 2776 magnetospheric physics: Polar cap phenomena; 2784 magnetospheric physics: Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905339946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009373     Document Type: Article

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