Field aligned currents in the high latitude, high altitude magnetosphere: POLAR initial results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1455-1458

  Russell, C T ^a   Zhou, X W ^a   Le, Guan ^a   Reiff, P H ^b   Luhmann, J G ^c   Cattell, C A ^d   Kawano, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION;

1-SYSTEMS; EARTH RADII; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; FIELD LINES; HIGH LATITUDES; LOW ALTITUDES; POLAR CAP; RADIAL DISTANCE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

SOLAR WIND;

EID: 0031170335     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01493     Document Type: Article

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