A unified model of the response of ionospheric convection to changes in the interplanetary magnetic field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Freeman, M P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Model; Reconnection; Response

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844588144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009385     Document Type: Article

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