Relative contribution of ionospheric conductivity and electric field to ionospheric current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Sugino, Masahiko ^a,c   Fujii, Ryoichi ^a,c   Nozawa, Satonori ^a,c   Buchert, Stephan C ^b,c   Opgenoorth, Hermann J ^b,c   Brekke, Asgeir ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; Current systems; Electric fields; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; Particle precipitation; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942536905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA007545     Document Type: Article

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