Effects of seasonal changes in the ionospheric conductances on magnetospheric field-aligned currents

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Ridley, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MAGNETOSPHERIC FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENTS; SUMMER HEMISPHERE; WINTER HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 34249888167     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028444     Document Type: Article

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