Empirical specification of field-aligned plasma density profiles for plasmasphere refilling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Tu, Jiannan ^a   Song, Paul ^a   Reinisch, Bodo W ^a   Green, James L ^b   Huang, Xueqin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33947593531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011582     Document Type: Article

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