Multi-instrumentation observations of a transpolar arc in the northern hemisphere
A transpolar arc was imaged by the FUV instrument on the IMAGE spacecraft during a 3-h interval on 5 February 2002. Observations indicate that a burst of reconnection in the geomagnetic tail, which was not associated with a substorm, was responsible for the formation of the arc. The arc initially...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-02-01
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Series: | Annales Geophysicae |
Online Access: | https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/201/2008/angeo-26-201-2008.pdf |