On the relationship of SAPS to storm-enhanced density

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 303-313

  Foster, J C ^a   Rideout, W ^a   Sandel, B ^b   Forrester, W T ^b   Rich, F J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Ionosphere; M I coupling; Plasmasphere; Subauroral

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; STORMS;

PLASMASPHERE; STORM ENHANCED DENSITY; SUBAURORAL;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

EID: 33847146645     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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