Mesoscale ionospheric electrodynamics of omega bands determined from ground-based electromagnetic and satellite optical observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 325-342

  Amm, O ^a   Aksnes, A ^b   Stadsnes, J ^b   Ostgaard N ^b,c   Vondrak, R R ^d   Germany, G A ^e   Lu, G ^f   Viljanen, A ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electic fields and currents); Magnetospheric physics (current systems)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 16244379836     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-325-2005     Document Type: Article

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