Midlatitude TEC enhancements during the October 2003 superstorm

Geophysical Research Letters

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

  Foster, J C ^a   Rideout, W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; THERMAL PLUMES;

PLASMASPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER (PBL); SUPERSTORMS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

STORMS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 17744400152     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021719     Document Type: Article

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