Polar observations of electron density distribution in the Earth's magnetosphere. 2. Density profiles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1725-1735

  Laakso, H ^a   Pfaff, R ^b   Janhunen, P ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Finnish Meteorological Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; Plasmasphere; Polar cap phenomena)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0036873543     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1725-2002     Document Type: Article

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