Near-simultaneous plasma structuring in the midlatitude and equatorial ionosphere during magnetic superstorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Basu, S ^a   Basu, Su ^b   Groves, K M ^a   MacKenzie, E ^c   Keskinen, M J ^d   Rich, F J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS; SATELLITES; STORMS;

AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC SUPERSTORMS; MIDLATITUDE;

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 17744367492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021678     Document Type: Article

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