Seasonal and IMF B(y) effect on the polar cap convection orientation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 975-978

  Jayachandran, P T ^a   MacDougall, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CLIMATOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WIND; GEOPHYSICS;

CANADIAN ADVANCED DIGITAL IONOSONDES; POLAR CAP CONVECTION ORIENTATION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EARTH SCIENCES;

ELECTRIC FIELD;

CONVECTION PATTERNS; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; NORTHWARD IMF; POLAR CAP; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER MONTHS;

EID: 0033117507     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900114     Document Type: Article

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