On the modelling of field-aligned currents from magnetic observations by polar orbiting satellites

Earth Observation with CHAMP: Results from Three Years in Orbit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 371-374

  Stauning, Peter ^a   Christiansen, Freddy ^a   Watermann, Jürgen ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

FAC modelling; field aligned currents; polar ionosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646760018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26800-6_59     Document Type: Chapter

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