Ionospheric convection and its relevance for space weather

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 941-950

  Lester, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT CONVECTION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

SOLAR WIND;

METEOROLOGY;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0043125526     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00790-1     Document Type: Article

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