Kristian Birkeland : The Man And The Scientist / Alv Egeland -- Sydney Chapman And His Early Studies Of Magnetic Disturbances / Masahisa Sugiura -- The Evolution Of Arguments Regarding The Existence Of Field-aligned Currents / A.j. Dessler -- The Magnetospheric Currents : An Introduction / S.-i. Akasofu -- Introduction To The Topology Of Magnetospheric Current Systems / W.p. Olson -- Fundamentals Of Current Description / Vytenis M. Vasyliunas -- Estimation Of Electric Fields And Currents From Ground-based Magnetometer Data / Y. Kamide And A.d. Richmond -- Electric Fields And Currents Associated With Active Aurora / W. Baumjohann And H.j. Opgenoorth -- Polar Cap Current Systems / E. Friis-christensen -- Relationships Between Field-aligned Currents, Electric Fields, And Particle Precipitation As Observed By Dynamics Explorer-2 / M. Sugiura -- A Study Of High Latitude Current Systems During Quiet Geomagnetic Conditions Using Magsat Data / J.r. Burrows, T.j. Hughes, And Margaret D. Wilson -- Field-aligned Currents During Northward Imf / Takesi Iijima / Three-dimensional Birkeland-ionospheric Current System, Determined From Magsat / L.j. Zanetti [and Others] -- Variation Of The Auroral Birkeland Current Pattern Associated With The North-south Component Of The Imf / P.f. Bythrow, T.a. Potemra, And L.j. Zanetti -- Distribution Of Aurora And Ionospheric Currents Observed Simultaneously On A Global Scale / J.d. Craven [and Others] -- Currents In The Earth's Magnetotail / L.a. Frank, C.y. Huang, And T.e. Eastman -- Characteristics Of The Cross-tail Current In The Earth's Magnetotail / A.t.y. Lui -- Field-aligned Currents Near The Magnetosphere Boundary / Edward W. Hones, Jr. -- Models Of Auroral-zone Conductances / Patricia H. Reiff -- Coordinated Ground And Satellite Observations Of Conductivities, Electric Fields, And Field-aligned Currents / R.m. Robinson -- Magnetospheric Dynamo Processes / David P. Stern -- Magnetospheric Topology Of Fields And Currents / Walter J. Heikkila -- A New Theory Of Sources Of Birkeland Currents ; Dielectric And Permeability Effects In Collisionless Plasmas / K.d. Cole -- Field-aligned Current Sheets As Tangential And Rotational Discontinuities / G. Atkinson -- Electrodynamics Of Convection In The Inner Magnetosphere / R.w. Spiro And R.a. Wolf -- Coupling Of Birkeland Current Rings / G.l. Siscoe And N.u. Crooker -- Region One Birkeland Currents Connecting To Sunward Convecting Flux Tubes / J.l. Karty, R.a. Wolf, And R.w. Spiro -- Corrected Geomagnetic Coordinates For Epoch 1980 / Georg Gustafsson -- High-latitude Field-aligned Currents Patterns In Connection With Magnetospheric Structure / Y.i. Feldstein [and Others] -- Electric Fields And Currents Observed By S3-2 In The Vicinity Of Discrete Arcs / William J. Burke -- Association Of Field-aligned Currents With Small-scale Auroral Phenomena / Cynthia Cattell -- Three-dimensional Potential Structure Associated With Birkeland Currents / Lars Block -- The Role Of Currents In Plasma Redistribution / G. Atkinson -- The Role Of Field-aligned Current Filaments In Generating Morning Sector Pi 1 Pulsations At Sub-auroral Latitudes / M.j. Engebretson [and Others] -- Rotationally-induced Birkeland Current Systems / T.w. Hill -- Dynamics Of Field-aligned Current Sources At Earth And Jupiter / D.d. Barbosa. Thomas A. Potemra, Editor. Based On Papers Presented At The Chapman Conference On 'magnetospheric Currents,' Held At Irvington, Virginia, April 5-8, 1983--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographies.