IMF BY and the seasonal dependences of the electric field in the inner magnetosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2671-2678

  Matsui, Hiroshi ^a   Quinn, J M ^a   Torbert, R B ^a   Jordanova, V K ^a   Puhl Quinn, P A ^a   Paschmann, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Electric fields; Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844606366     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2671-2005     Document Type: Article

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