One-dimensional spherical elementary current systems and their use for determining ionospheric currents from satellite measurements

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 667-678

  Juusola, Liisa ^a   Amm, Olaf ^a   Viljanen, Ari ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic measurements; Ionospheric currents; Spherical elementary current systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOROIDAL FIELD;

EID: 33745521142     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351964     Document Type: Article

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