The response of the dayside equatorial electrojet to step-like changes of IMF BZ

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3637-3646

  Ohtani, S ^a   Uozumi, T ^b   Kawano, H ^b   Yoshikawa, A ^b   Utada, H ^c   Nagatsuma, T ^d   Yumoto, K ^b  

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

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

electric field penetration; equatorial electric field; equatorial electrojet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882744475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50318     Document Type: Article

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