CHAMP observation of intense kilometer-scale field-aligned currents, evidence for an ionospheric Alfvén resonator

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1603-1615

  Rother, M ^a   Schlegel, K ^b   Luhr H ^a  

^a HASYLAB   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CURRENT VELOCITY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLAR MOTION; SATELLITE; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 34547620696     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1603-2007     Document Type: Article

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