A theoretical model for mid- and low-latitude ionospheric electric fields in realistic geomagnetic fields

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3883-3890

  Ren, Zhipeng ^a,b,c   Wan, Weixing ^a   Wei, Yong ^a,b,c   Liu, Libo ^a   Yu, Tao ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

APEX coordinates; Ionospheric dynamo; Ionospheric electric fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849105009     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0404-4     Document Type: Article

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