Current-voltage relationship

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2048-2057

  Pierrard, V ^a   Khazanov, G V ^b   Lemaire, J F ^c  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

distribution; Current; Electric field; Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; Polar wind

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CURRENT-VOLTAGE RELATIONSHIP; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; KINETIC EXOSPHERIC MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 36148956784     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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