Storm-time plasma signatures observed by IMAGE/MENA and comparison with a global physics-based model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Denton, M H ^a   Jordanova, V K ^b   Henderson, M G ^a   Skoug, R M ^a   Thomsen, M F ^a   Pollock, C J ^c   Zaharia, S ^a   Funsten, H O ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) FLUXES; GLOBAL PHYSICS-BASED MODEL; MEDIUM ENERGY NEUTRAL ATOM (MENA); RING CURRENT-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION MODEL (RAM); STORM-TIME PLASMA SISGNATURES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27544510337     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023353     Document Type: Article

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