Localized structure in the cusp and high-latitude ionosphere: A modelling study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 455-462

  Balmforth, H F ^a   Moffett, R J ^a   Rodger, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; polar ionosphere); Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033468122     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0455-0     Document Type: Article

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