Overlap of the plasmasphere and ring current: Relation to subauroral ionospheric heating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Gurgiolo, C ^a   Sandel, B R ^b   Perez, J D ^c   Mitchell, D G ^d   Pollock, C J ^e   Larsen, B A ^f  

^a Bitterroot Basic Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845799539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010986     Document Type: Article

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