Simulation of polar cap field-aligned electron density profiles measured with the IMAGE radio plasma imager

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A7, 2004, Pages

  Tu, J N ^a   Horwitz, J L ^a   Nsumei, P A ^b   Song, P ^b   Huang, X Q ^b   Reinisch, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic fluid kinetic simulation; Field aligned density profile; Polar cap phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845671504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010310     Document Type: Article

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