Dawn and dusk sector comparisons of small-scale irregularities, convection, and particle precipitation in the high-latitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A9, 2002, Pages

  Greenwald, Raymond A ^a   Shepherd, Simon G ^a,b   Sotirelis, Thomas S ^a   Ruohoniemi, J Michael ^a   Barnes, Robin J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Ionosphere; Irregularities; Magnetosphere; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747181153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000158     Document Type: Article

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