A coordinated ground-based and IMAGE satellite study of quiet-time plasmaspheric density profiles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Dent, Zoë C ^a   Mann, I R ^a   Menk, F W ^b   Goldstein, J ^c   Wilford, C R ^d   Clilverd, M A ^e   Ozeke, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; SATELLITES; HEAVY IONS;

ELECTRON DENSITIES; AZIMUTHAL STRUCTURES; COLD PLASMAS; DENSITY PROFILE; GROUND BASED; MAGNETOMETER ARRAYS; MASS DENSITIES; PLASMA MASS DENSITY; PLASMASPHERE;

GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0346783276     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL016946     Document Type: Article

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