Multi-instrument study of the dynamic cusp during dominant IMF By conditions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 693-708

  Khan, H ^a   Lester, M ^b   Davies, J A ^b   Milan, S E ^b   Sandholt, P E ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; particle precipitation); Magnetospheric physics

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038116733     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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