Electric fields in the equatorial ionosphere derived from CHAMP satellite magnetic field measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Alken, Patrick ^a   Maus, Stefan ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fields; Equatorial electrojet; Equatorial ionosphere; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PROFILE; CURRENT SYSTEM; DATA SETS; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; EQUATORIAL IONIZATION ANOMALY; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; HIGH QUALITY DATA; IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; SCATTER RADAR; VERTICAL ION DRIFT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 76549115596     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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