The correlation between mid-latitude trough and the plasmapause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Yizengaw, Ekassie ^a   Wei, H ^a   Moldwin, M B ^a   Galvan, D ^a   Mandrake, L ^b   Mannucci, A ^b   Pi, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EMPIRICAL MODEL; GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC MAPS (GIM); MID-LATTITUDE TROUGH; PLASMAPAUSE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 22444437207     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022954     Document Type: Article

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