Ionospheric power consumption in global MHD simulation predicted from solar wind measurements

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1511-1518

  Palmroth, Minna ^a   Koskinen, Hannu E J ^a,b   Pulkkinen, Tuija I ^a   Janhunen, Pekka ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND; SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS; SPACE WEATHER;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 7244224717     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.830989     Document Type: Article

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