Equatorial electrojet as part of the global circuit: A case-study from the IEEY

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 698-710

  Kobea, A T ^a   Amory Mazaudier, C ^b   Do, J M ^b   Luhr H ^c   Houngninou, E ^a   Vassal, J ^b   Blanc, E ^d   Curto, J J ^e  

^a Lab de Phys de l'Atmosphère   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Observatoire de Saint Maur   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d CEA DIF   (France)

^e CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; Electric fields and currents; Equatorial electrojet; Ionospheric disturbances; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542373854     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0698-1     Document Type: Article

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