Global disturbance currents in the ionosphere during storms

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 793-802

  Shen, Chang Shou ^a   Zi, Min Yun ^a   Wang, Jing Song ^a,b   Xu, Ji Yao ^c   Liu, Shun Lin ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^d Polar Research Center of China   (China)

Author keywords

Disturbance current system; Driving electric field at the polar cap boundary; Electric conductivity; Ionospheric dynamo; Magnetic storm; Thermospheric wind

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS;

DISTURBANCE CURRENT SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC DYNAMO; MAGNETIC STORM; THERMOSPHERIC WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 33645058173     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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