On the asymmetry of the storm-time current system in the ionosphere between southern and northern hemispheres

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1573-1581

  Shen, Chang Shou ^a,b   Zi, Min Yun ^a   Wang, Jin Song ^a,c   Xu, Ji Yao ^b   Liu, Shun Lin ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c National Center for Space Weather   (China)

^d Polar Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Disturbance current system; Driving electric field at the polar cap boundary; Electric conductivity; Field aligned current; Ionospheric dynamo; Magnetic storm; Magnetospheric coupling; Thermospheric wind

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEODYNAMO; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34047126561     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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