Field-aligned current distributions generated by a divergent Hall current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 297-300

  Buchert, Stephan C ^a   Budnik, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CURRENT DENSITY; E REGION; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; HALL EFFECT; MAGNETOSPHERE; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

AURORAL FORMS; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; HALL CURRENT;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; E REGION;

DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; HALL CURRENT; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; LOWER FREQUENCIES; SPACE AND TIME; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0031075825     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00064     Document Type: Article

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