Which is a significant contributor for outside of the plasmapause, an ionospheric filling or a leakage of plasmaspheric materials?: Comparison of He II (304 Å) images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Yoshikawa, I ^a   Yamazaki, A ^b   Yamashita, K ^c   Takizawa, Y ^d   Nakamura, M ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closed drift path; EUV; Helium ions; Ionospheric filling; Planet B; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942468438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009578     Document Type: Article

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