Ionospheric currents estimated simultaneously from CHAMP satellite and IMAGE ground-based magnetic field measurements: A statistical study at auroral latitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-430

  Ritter, P ^a   Luhr H ^a   Viljanen, A ^b   Omm, O ^b   Pulkkinen, A ^b   Sillanpaa I ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electric fields and currents; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 1342331408     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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