Storm time dynamics of auroral electrojets: CHAMP observation and the Space Weather Modeling Framework comparison

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-570

  Wang, H ^a,c   Luhr H ^b   Ridley, A ^a   Ritter, P ^b   Yu, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROJET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 41349087107     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-555-2008     Document Type: Article

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