A quantitative explanation for the phenomenon known as storm-enhanced density

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Kelley, Michael C ^a   Vlasov, Michael N ^a   Foster, John C ^b   Coster, Anthea J ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

2411 Ionosphere: Electric fields (2712); 2437 Ionosphere: Ionospheric dynamics; 2768 Magnetospheric Physics: Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAT CONVECTION; IONOSPHERE;

PLASMA STRUCTURES; PLASMASPHERIC TAILS; STORM-ENHANCED DENSITY (SED);

STORMS;

MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 11044227794     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020875     Document Type: Article

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