Quantifying global plasmaspheric images with in situ observations

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 47-61

  Moldwin, M B ^a   Sandel, B R ^b   Thomsen, M F ^c   Elphic, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

EUV; Plasmapause; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; REVIEW; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0347087326     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SPAC.0000007512.69979.8f     Document Type: Review

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