Plasma density suppression process around the cusp revealed by simultaneous CUTLASS and EISCAT Svalbard radar observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 5551-5564

  Ogawa, T ^a   Buchert, S C ^a   Nishitani, N ^a   Sato, N ^b   Lester, M ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000658773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900111     Document Type: Article

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