Altitude dependence of plasma density in the auroral zone

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1743-1750

  Janhunen, P ^a   Olsson, A ^b   Laakso, H ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Magnetosphere ionosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena

Indexed keywords

AURORA; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0036872207     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1743-2002     Document Type: Article

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