Statistical dependence of auroral ionospheric currents on solar wind and geomagnetic parameters from 5 years of CHAMP satellite data

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1005-1017

  Juusola, L ^a   Kauristie, K ^a   Amm, O ^a   Ritter, P ^b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; Electric fields and currents; Ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; AURORA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR WIND; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 72649087050     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1005-2009     Document Type: Article

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