Observations of the geopause at the equatorial magnetopause: Density and temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Chandler, Michael O ^a   Moore, Thomas E ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS;

GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; PLASMASPHERIC ION DENSITY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0344961719     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017611     Document Type: Article

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