Study of plasmaspheric evolution using geosynchronous observations and global modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Weiss, L A ^a,b   Lambour, R L ^a   Elphic, R C ^a,b   Thomsen, M F ^a,b  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; SATELLITES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

COROTATION; GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES; MAGNETOSPHERIC SPECIFICATION AND FORECAST MODEL; PLASMASPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

CO-ROTATION; ENHANCED CONVECTION; FORECAST MODEL; GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES; GLOBAL MODELING; PLASMASPHERE; WIND CONDITIONS;

EID: 0031095162     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00351     Document Type: Article

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