The importance of conductivity grandients in ground-based field-aligned current studies

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 1277-1282

  Kosch, M J ^a,b   Scourfield, M W J ^c   Amm, O ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETERS;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC COUPLINGS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0034813939     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00203-4     Document Type: Article

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