Numerical analysis of global ionospheric current system including the effect of equatorial enhancement

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 692-706

  Tsunomura, S ^a  

^a Magnetic Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (electric fields and currents; equatorial ionosphere; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005477407     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0692-2     Document Type: Article

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