Electrodynamics of a flux transfer event: Experimental test of the Southwood model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Marchaudon, A ^a   Cerisier, J C ^a   Greenwald, R A ^b   Sofko, G J ^c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMAS; SATELLITES;

FIELD-ALIGNED CURRENTS (FACS); FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS; IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION VARIABILITY; SOLAR WIND PLASMA;

GEOPHYSICS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 3543078146     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019922     Document Type: Article

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