Field-aligned currents observed by CHAMP during the intense 2003 geomagnetic storm events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 311-324

  Wang, H ^a,b   Luhr H ^b   Ma, S Y ^a   Weygand, J ^c   Skoug, R M ^d   Yin, F ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 33751088267     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-311-2006     Document Type: Article

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