Field line dependence of magnetospheric electron density

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Denton, R E ^a   Goldstein, J ^b   Menietti, J D ^c  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

electron density; field line dependence; Polar spacecraft; PWI

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT;

AVERAGE ERRORS; ELECTRON DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FIELD LINES; PLASMA WAVE INSTRUMENTS; PLASMASPHERE; POLAR ORBIT; STATISTICAL AVERAGE; UPPER HYBRID RESONANCE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 0038742938     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015963     Document Type: Article

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