Geomagnetic storm effects on the topside ionosphere and plasmasphere: A compact tutorial and new results

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-87

  Förster, Matthias ^a,c   Jakowski, Norbert ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DFD   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic storms; Modelling; Near earth satellite in situ measurements; Plasmasphere; Remote sensing; Total electron content; Upper ionosphere

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM EFFECTS; PLASMASPEHRES; THERMOSPHERES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0034465909     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006775125220     Document Type: Article

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