Climatology of the inter-hemispheric field-aligned current system in the equatorial ionosphere as observed by CHAMP

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-582

  Park, J ^a   Luhr H ^a   Min, K W ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; Equatorial ionosphere; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 79953044486     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-573-2011     Document Type: Article

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