Curl-B technique applied to Swarm constellation for determining field-aligned currents

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-476

  Ritter, Patricia ^a   Lühr, Hermann ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

current determination; External magnetic field; field aligned currents; high latitude currents

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 33646769924     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351942     Document Type: Article

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