Determining field-aligned currents with the Swarm constellation mission

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1285-1294

  Ritter, Patricia ^a   Lühr, Hermann ^a   Rauberg, Jan ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constellation mission; Field aligned currents; Ionosphere

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 84897584056     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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