Comparison of the measured and modelled electron densities and temperatures in the ionosphere and plasmasphere during 20-30 January, 1993

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1257-1272

  Pavlov, A V ^a,b   Abe, T ^a   Oyama, K I ^a  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric disturbances; ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; plasma temperature and density)

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642572262     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-001-0244-x     Document Type: Review

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