Quantitative modelling of the closure of meso-scale parallel currents in the nightside ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-140

  Marchaudon, A ^a   Cerisier, J C ^a   Amm, O ^b   Lester, M ^c   Carlson, C W ^d   Parks, G K ^d  

^a Ctr Etudes Environnements Terrestre   (France)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (aurora ionosphere; electric fields and currents; particle precipitation); Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODELING; SATELLITE SENSOR;

EID: 1242332810     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-125-2004     Document Type: Article

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