IMF-driven plasmasphere erosion of 10 July 2000

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 46-1

  Goldstien, J ^a   Sandel, B R ^b   Forrester, W T ^b   Reiff, P H ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

PLASMASPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0037998563     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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