Density enhancement in plasmasphere-ionosphere plasma during the 2003 Halloween Superstorm: Observations along the 330th magnetic meridian in North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Chi, P J ^a   Russell, C T ^a   Foster, J C ^b   Moldwin, M B ^a   Engebretson, M J ^c   Mann, I R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

DENSITY ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC MERIDIAN; PLASMASPHERE; RESONANCE SIGNALS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 17744373456     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021722     Document Type: Article

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