April 2000 geomagnetic storm: Ionospheric drivers of large geomagnetically induced currents

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 709-717

  Pulkkinen, A ^a   Thomson, A ^b   Clarke, E ^b   McKay, A ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomagnetism and paleo magnetism (geomagnetic induction); Ionosphere (ionospheric disturbances); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EID: 0038456032     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-709-2003     Document Type: Article

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