Structured subauroral polarization streams and related auroral undulations occurring on the storm day of 21 January 2005

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1680-1695

  Horvath, Ildiko ^a   Lovell, Brian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

dayside reconnection; magnetotail connection; SAPS E field; SAPS wave structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975784455     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA022057     Document Type: Article

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