Thermal plasmaspheric morphology: Effect of geomagnetic and solar activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10285-10294

  Reynolds, M A ^a,b   Ganguli, G ^a   Fedder, J A ^c,d   Lemaire, J ^e   Meier, R R ^a   Melendez Alvira D J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SFA INC   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

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EID: 0039496175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900050     Document Type: Article

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