Long-duration penetration of the interplanetary electric field to the low-latitude ionosphere during the main phase of magnetic storms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A11, 2005, Pages

  Huang, Chao Song ^a   Foster, John C ^a   Kelley, Michael C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 33845810937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011202     Document Type: Article

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