Strong interplanetary magnetic field By-related plasma convection in the ionosphere and cusp field-aligned currents under northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Le, G ^a   Lu, G ^b   Strangeway, R J ^c   Pfaff Jr , R F ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FAST spacecraft; Field aligned currents; Ionosphere convection; Northward IMF; Polar cusp

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249947670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA007546     Document Type: Article

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