Observations of the latitudinal structure of plasmaspheric convection plumes by IMAGE-RPI and EUV

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A8, 2003, Pages

  Garcia, Leonard N ^a,b   Fung, Shing F ^b   Green, James L ^b   Boardsen, Scott A ^b,c   Sandel, Bill R ^d   Reinisch, Bodo W ^e  

^a QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EER Systems Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection plumes; EUV; Inner magnetosphere; Plasmapause; Plasmasphere; RPI

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542494352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009496     Document Type: Article

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