Aurora

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Author: Dr. George K. Parks, Space Science Lab, University of California, Berkeley

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Dr. George K. Parks accepted the invitation on 2 January 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 2 April 2008).

This article will briefly cover: Historical and Background information, Observations of large and small scale structures, Correlated dynamics in the geomagnetic tail, Current understanding of auroral theory, What's to be expected in ten years (?).

Invited by: Dr. Søren Bertil F. Dorch, The Niels Bohr Institute and the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
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