The complex-image method for calculating the magnetic and electric fields produced at the surface of the earth by the auroral electrojet

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Boteler, D H ^a   Pirjola, R J ^a,b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auroral electrojet; Electric field; Induced currents; Magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001909216     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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