A study on three-dimensional structures of the ionospheric dynamo currents induced by the neutral winds simulated by the Kyushu-GCM

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1549-1562

  Kawano Sasaki, Keiko ^a   Miyahara, Saburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tides; Equatorial electrojet; Ionospheric dynamo; Sq

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DC GENERATORS; E REGION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; INDUCED CURRENTS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; IONOSPHERE; MODEL STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND;

CURRENT SYSTEMS; DOUBLE LAYERED STRUCTURES; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); HALL CURRENTS; LATITUDE (CO); MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NEUTRAL WINDS; SIMULATED RESULTS; STRATIFIED STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURING; WAVE-NUMBERS; ZONAL WAVENUMBER (ZW);

CURRENT DENSITY;

EID: 48049110927     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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