Observed saturation of the ionospheric polar cap potential during the 31 March 2001 storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Hairston, M R ^a   Hill, T W ^b   Heelis, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross polar cap potential; DSMP data; March 2001 storm; Polar ionosphere; Potential saturation; Solar wind magnetosphere ionosphere coupling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; STORMS; DROPS; FORECASTING; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE;

PEDERSEN CONDUCTIVITIES; CROSS POLAR CAP POTENTIAL; DMSP DATA; MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING; POLAR CAP IONOSPHERE; POLAR CAP POTENTIAL; POLAR IONOSPHERES; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

IONOSPHERE; STORMS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0041689808     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015894     Document Type: Article

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