Plasmapause dynamics and distribution of cold plasma density in the earth's plasmasphere in the course of development of geomagnetic storms: Results of the Auroral Probe/alpha-3 experiment

Cosmic Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 502-513

  Bezrukikh, V V ^a   Verigin, M I ^a   Kotova, G A ^a   Lezhen, L A ^a   Lemaire, J ^b   Venediktov, Yu I ^c  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c ODESSA NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

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