The local-time variation of the quiet plasmasphere: Geosynchronous observations and kinetic theory

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2147-2154

  Reynolds, M A ^a   Ganguli, G ^b   Su, Y J ^c   Thomsen, M F ^d  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (magnetosphere ionosphere interactions; Plasma convection; Plasmasphere)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0242490355     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2147-2003     Document Type: Article

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