Direct measurements of the ionospheric convection variability near the cusp/throat

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Shepherd, S G ^a   Ruohoneimi, J M ^b   Greenwald, R A ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS (IMF); IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION VARIABILITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONVECTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 1642290231     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017668     Document Type: Article

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