Modeling of the global distribution of ionospheric electric fields based on realistic maps of field-aligned currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Lukianova, Renata ^a,b   Christiansen, Freddy ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 33947657051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011465     Document Type: Article

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