Statistical analysis of the dependence of large-scale Birkeland currents on solar wind parameters

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 515-530

  Korth, H ^a   Anderson, B J ^a   Waters, C L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77149172886     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-515-2010     Document Type: Article

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