High-latitude plasma outflow as measured by the DMSP spacecraft

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A12, 2003, Pages

  Coley, W R ^a   Heelis, R A ^a   Hairston, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux; Joule heating; Magnetosphere ionosphere interaction; Outflow; Oxygen; Upflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845674789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009890     Document Type: Article

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