Electrodynamics in the duskside inner magnetosphere and plasmasphere during a super magnetic storm on March 13-15, 1989

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 643-659

  Shinbori, Atsuki ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Ono, T ^a   Iizima, M ^a   Kumamoto, A ^a   Oya, H ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dawn to dusk electric field; Duskside sector; Frictional heating; Inner magnetosphere and plasmasphere; Magnetic storm; Plasma density enhancements; Plasmapause; Reversed convection electric field

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 23944443758     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351843     Document Type: Article

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