A new formulation for the ionospheric cross polar cap potential including saturation effects

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3533-3547

  Ridley, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; Polar ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 30844468836     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3533-2005     Document Type: Article

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