Method of characteristics for calculating ionospheric electrodynamics from multisatellite and ground-based radar data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Amm, O ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Current systems; Electric fields; Field aligned currents; Satellites; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242332081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA005077     Document Type: Article

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