Testing the Hill model of transpolar potential with super Dual Auroral Radar Network observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-1

  Shephered, S G ^a   Ruohoniemi, J M ^b   Greenwald, R A ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

TRANSPOLAR POTENTIAL;

GEOPHYSICS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038199846     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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