Orientation of the HAARP ELF ionospheric dipole and the auroral electrojet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Cohen, M B ^a   Golkowski M ^a   Inan, U S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETOMETERS;

AURORAL ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERIC DIPOLE;

METEOROLOGY;

AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MAGNETOMETER;

ALASKA; GAKONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849088024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032424     Document Type: Article

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