A statistical comparison of SuperDARN spectral width boundaries and DMSP particle precipitation boundaries in the morning sector ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 733-743

  Chisham, G ^a   Freeman, M P ^a   Sotirelis, T ^b   Greenwald, R A ^b   Lester, M ^c   Villain, J P ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LPCE CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Particle precipitation; Instruments and techniques); Magnetospheric physics (Magnetopause, cusp and boundary layers)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 18744372128     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-733-2005     Document Type: Article

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