Numerical simulation of the electric field and zonal current in the Earth's ionosphere: The dynamo field and equatorial electrojet

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-466

  Klimenko, M V ^a   Klimenko, V V ^b   Bryukhanov, V V ^a  

^a KALININGRAD STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 33750921783     PISSN: 00167932     EISSN: 1555645X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016793206040074     Document Type: Article

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