Comparisons between EUV/IMAGE observations and numerical simulations of the plasmapause formation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2635-2646

  Pierrard, Viviane ^a   Cabrera, J ^b  

^a BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Plasmasphere; Storms and substorms; Solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844575174     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2635-2005     Document Type: Article

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