Modeling seasonal and diurnal effects on ionospheric conductances, region-2 currents, and plasma convection in the inner magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Hurtaud, Y ^a   Peymirat, C ^a   Richmond, A D ^b,c  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 36148995900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012257     Document Type: Article

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