High-latitude dayside energetic precipitation and IMF Bz rotations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Ostgaard N ^a   Detrick, D L ^b   Rosenberg, T J ^b   Vondrak, R R ^c,d   Frey, H U ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Haland S E ^d   Stadsnes, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ISSI   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; Boundary layers; Cusp; Magnetopause; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905362376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009350     Document Type: Article

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