Global Pc5 caused by a DP 2-type ionospheric current system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A2, 2002, Pages

  Motoba, T ^a,b   Kikuchi, T ^b   Luhr H ^c   Tachihara, H ^d   Kitamura, T I ^d   Hayashi, K ^e   Okuzawa, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equatorial enhancement; FACs; Global Pc5; Ionospheric current system; Penetration of electric field; SC model

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444260966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900156     Document Type: Article

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