Ionospheric control of the magnetosphere: Conductance

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 567-584

  Ridley, A J ^a   Gombosi, T I ^a   DeZeeuw, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; modelling and forecasting; polar ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1342288855     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-567-2004     Document Type: Article

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