The 27-day variations of plasma densities and temperatures in the topside ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Rich, Frederick J ^a   Sultan, Peter J ^a,b,c   Burke, William J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DMSP; Ionospheric models; Ionospheric structure; Midlatitude ionosphere; Solar EUV; Topside ionosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744452353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009731     Document Type: Article

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