Case study of solar wind pressure variations and neutral atom emissions observed by IMAGE/LENA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Khan, H ^a   Collier, M R ^a   Moore, T E ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IMAGE; Ionospheric outflow; Low energy neutral atom emission; Solar wind pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747161398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009977     Document Type: Article

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