Steady magnetospheric convection selection criteria: Implications of global SuperDARN convection measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  McWilliams, Kathryn A ^a   Pfeifer, J B ^a   McPherron, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; RELATIVITY;

ENHANCED CONVECTION; EVENT SELECTION; GLOBAL SCALING; IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MAGNETOSPHERIC CONVECTION; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SELECTION CRITERION; VARIABLE THRESHOLDS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 48549084729     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033671     Document Type: Article

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