A gravity-driven electric current in the Earth's ionosphere identified in CHAMP satellite magnetic measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Maus, Stefan ^a,b   Luhr H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; F REGION; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRAVITY-DRIVEN ELECTRIC CURRENT; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES; MAGNETIC FIELD SIGNAL; MAGNETIZED SPACE PLASMA; SATELLITE MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 33644746613     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024436     Document Type: Article

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