Role of inductive electric fields and currents in dynamical ionospheric situations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 437-455

  Vanhamaki H ^a   Amm, O ^a   Viljanen, A ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; POTENTIAL FIELD;

EID: 33947159123     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-437-2007     Document Type: Article

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