Use of Euler potentials for describing magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Wolf, R A ^a   Spiro, R W ^a   Sazykin, S ^a   Toffoletto, F R ^a   Le Sager, P ^b,c   Huang, T S ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 33846441653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011558     Document Type: Article

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