The formation of the light-ion trough and peeling off the plasmasphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1285-1291

  Lemaire, J F ^a  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Light ion trough; Plasmapause; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041079186     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00232-7     Document Type: Article

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