Transient sheets of field-aligned current observed by DMSP during the main phase of a magnetic superstorm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A6, 2004, Pages

  Huang, Cheryl Y ^a   Burke, William J ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DMSP; Field aligned currents; Measured conductances; Superstorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747262672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010067     Document Type: Article

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