Simulations of magnetic fields generated by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current at satellite altitude: Can geomagnetic measurements be used to monitor the flow?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Vivier, Frédéric ^a   Maier Reimer, Ernst ^b   Tyler, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SATELLITES;

OCEAN SIGNALS; SATELLITE ALTITUDE;

GEOPHYSICS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 4143147373     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019804     Document Type: Article

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