Statistical analysis of the sources of the cross-polar potential for southward IMF, based on particle precipitation characteristics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Sundberg, K Å Torbjorn ^a   Blomberg, L G ^a   Cumnock, J A ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOPHYSICS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING;

AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION; CONVECTION PATTERNS; IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION; LATITUDE (CO); MAGNETIC RECONNECTION (MR); MERIDIAN (CO); NORTHERN HEMISPHERE (NH); PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; POLAR CAPS; POTENTIAL DROP; SOURCE OF ENERGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); STATISTICAL STUDY; VISCOUS INTERACTION;

DC GENERATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; IONOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARTICLE MOTION; POTENTIAL FIELD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 48249140716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033383     Document Type: Article

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