Equatorial counterelectrojets during substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A11, 2003, Pages

  Kikuchi, T ^a   Hashimoto, K K ^a   Kitamura, T I ^b   Tachihara, H ^b   Fejer, B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial counterelectrojet; Region 1 and 2 field aligned currents; Substorm

Indexed keywords

EID: 58749110346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009915     Document Type: Article

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