Statistical Birkeland current distributions from magnetic field observations by the Iridium constellation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 671-687

  Anderson, B J ^a   Korth, H ^a   Waters, C L ^b   Green, D L ^b   Stauning, P ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; IRIDIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

EID: 41349090615     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-671-2008     Document Type: Article

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