Investigation of subauroral ion drifts related field-aligned currents and ionospheric Pedersen conductivity distribution

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 923-934

  Figueiredo, S ^a   Karlsson, T ^a   Marklund, G T ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (mid latitude ionosphere; electric fields and currents; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 1942472099     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-923-2004     Document Type: Article

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