Electrodynamic coupling processes between the magnetosphere and the equatorial ionosphere during a 5-day HILDCAA event

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Koga, D ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a   Gonzalez, W D ^a   Arruda, D C S ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   de Castilho, V M ^a   Mascarenhas, M ^a   Gonzalez, A C ^a   Tsurutani, B T ^b   Denardini, C M ^a   Zamlutti, C J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance dynamo drifts; HILDCAA; Interplanetary electric field; Prompt penetration drifts

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COUPLING PROCESS; DIP ANGLE; DISTURBANCE DYNAMO DRIFTS; ELECTRIC FIELD CHANGE; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; HEIGHT VARIATION; HILDCAA; INTERPLANETARY ELECTRIC FIELDS; PEAK HEIGHT; PROMPT PENETRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; INTERACTIVE DEVICES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 78650899893     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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