Low-latitude ionospheric disturbance electric field effects during the recovery phase of the 19-21 October 1998 magnetic storm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Fejer, B G ^a   Emmert, J T ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance electric fields; Ionospheric plasma drifts; Ionospheric storm effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744451020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010190     Document Type: Article

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