Double-peak subauroral ion drifts (DSAIDs)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5554-5562

  He, Fei ^a   Zhang, Xiao Xin ^b   Wang, Wenbin ^c   Chen, Bo ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

double peak; field aligned currents; midlatitude ionospheric trough; subauroral ion drifts

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; DOUBLE LAYER REGION; DOUBLE PEAK; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME; MIDLATITUDES; SUBAURORAL ION DRIFTS;

IONS;

EID: 84973149453     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069133     Document Type: Letter

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