The thermospheric effects of a rapid polar cap expansion

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1380-1391

  Idenden, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interaction; modeling and forecasting; plasma convection)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542373796     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-1380-3     Document Type: Article

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