Unusual heavy ion injection events observed by Freja

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 535-543

  Yamauchi, M ^a   Eliasson, L ^a   Lundin, R ^a   Norberg, O ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Particle precipitation, Ion chemistry and composition); Magnetosphere (Magnetospheric configuration and dynamics)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 16244373037     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-535-2005     Document Type: Article

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