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Electric field of polar caps under the assumption that the magnetopause is an anisotropic rotational discontinuity

Journal Article · · Geomagn. Aeron. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7272659
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The properties of the electric field E in polar caps are discussed on the assumption that the magnetopause is an anisotropic rotational discontinuity and on the basis of recent measurements of the profile of the E field across the caps at the heights of the polar ionosphere. 14 references.
Research Organization:
Inst. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio Wave Propagation, Moscow
OSTI ID:
7272659
Journal Information:
Geomagn. Aeron. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Geomagn. Aeron. (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 15:2; ISSN GMARA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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