Polar cap index as a proxy for hemispheric Joule heating

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1101-1104

  Chun, Francis K ^a   Knipp, Delores J ^a   McHarg, Matthew G ^a   Lu, Gang ^b   Emery, Barbara A ^b   Vennerstrøm, Susanne ^c   Troshichev, Oleg A ^d  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ASSIMILATIVE MAPPING OF IONOSPHERIC ELECTRODYNAMICS; CROSS POLAR CAP POTENTIAL; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; IONOSPHERIC CURRENT; MAGNETIC PERTURBATION; POLAR CAP INDEX; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

JOULE HEATING; GEOMAGNETISM;

HEMISPHERIC JOULE HEATING; POLAR CAP INDEX;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0033560514     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900196     Document Type: Article

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