Statistical properties of Joule heating rate, electric field and conductances at high latitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2661-2673

  Aikio, A T ^a   Selkala A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Auroral ionosphere; Magnetospheric physics (Electric fields); Particle precipitation)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; COUPLING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HEATING; IONOSPHERE; LATITUDE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE MOTION; RADAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 75149136176     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2661-2009     Document Type: Article

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