Field-aligned ionospheric current systems observed from Magsat and Oersted satellites during northward IMF

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Stauning, P ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FUNCTIONS; GEOMAGNETISM;

FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-PRECISION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC CURRENT SYSTEMS; LOW LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 0036705377     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013961     Document Type: Article

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