Dynamical response of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system to a solar wind dynamic pressure oscillation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Motoba, Tetsuo ^a,b   Kikuchi, Takashi ^b   Okuzawa, Takashi ^a   Yumoto, Kiyofumi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

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

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convection; Field aligned currents; Global geomaenetic fluctuation; Solar wind pressure oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905330383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009696     Document Type: Article

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