Global distribution of equatorial plasma bubbles in the premidnight sector during solar maximum as observed by KOMPSAT-4 and Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F15

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A7, 2005, Pages

  Park, Jaeheung ^a   Min, Kyoung Wook ^a   Kim, Vitaly P ^b   Kil, Hyosub ^c   Lee, Jae Jin ^c,d   Kim, Hee Jun ^a   Lee, Ensang ^d   Lee, Dae Young ^e  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33746348290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010817     Document Type: Article

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