Fast Auroral Snapshot observations of the dependence of dayside auroral field-aligned currents on solar wind parameters and solar illumination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A3, 2003, Pages

  Cattell, C ^a   Dombeck, J ^a,d   Peria, W ^b,f   Strangeway, R ^c,f   Elphic, R ^b,d   Carlson, C ^e  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birkeland currents; Field aligned currents; IMF; Solar illumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747399869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000321     Document Type: Article

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