Ionospheric conductance distribution and MHD wave structure: Observation and model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-147

  Budnik, F ^a   Stellmacher, M ^a   Glassmeier, K H ^a   Buchert, S C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Ionosphere; Magnetosphere Ionosphere interactions; Magnetospheric physics; MHD waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542445069     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0140-8     Document Type: Article

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