Statistics of Joule heating in the auroral zone and polar cap using Astrid-2 satellite Poynting flux

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4133-4142

  Olsson, A ^a   Janhunen, P ^b   Karlsson, T ^c   Ivchenko, N ^c   Blomberg, L G ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (electric fields and currents; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; HEATING; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 13244259605     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-4133-2004     Document Type: Article

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