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

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Chisham, G ^a   Freeman, M P ^a   Sotirelis, T ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADAR; RADAR ASTRONOMY; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME (MLT); SPECTRAL WIDTH BOUNDARIES (SWB); DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD LINES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SUPER DUAL AURORAL RADAR NETWORK; SUPERDARN SPECTRAL WIDTH;

IONOSPHERE; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442580878     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019074     Document Type: Article

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