Ion upflow enhanced by drifting F-region plasma structure along the nightside polar cap boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Semeter, J ^a   Heinselman, C J ^a   Thayer, J P ^a   Doe, R A ^a   Frey, H U ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMA DENSITY; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; F REGION; RADAR;

POLAR CAPS; WIDEBAND IMAGING CAMERA (WIC); CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; NIGHT-SIDE POLAR CAP; PLASMA STRUCTURE; POLAR CAP PATCHES; POLAR IONOSPHERES; UPWARD VELOCITIES; WIDEBAND IMAGING;

GEOPHYSICS; IONS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0942267354     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017747     Document Type: Article

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