Penetration electric fields: Efficiency and characteristic time scale

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 10-11 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1135-1146

  Huang, Chao Song ^a   Sazykin, Stanislav ^b   Chau, Jorge L ^c   Maruyama, Naomi ^d   Kelley, Michael C ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Interplanetary electric field; Magnetic storms; Penetration efficiency; Penetration electric field; Shielding

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADAR; STATISTICS; STORMS;

INTERPLANETARY ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STORMS; PENETRATION EFFICIENCY; THERMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 34447094330     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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