Evolution of the plasmapause position

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1171-1178

  Laakso, Harri ^a   Jarva, Mikko ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Plasmapause; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008567279     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(01)00008-6     Document Type: Article

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