Large variations in the thermosphere and ionosphere during minor geomagnetic disturbances in April 2002 and their association with IMF B y

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Goncharenko, L ^a   Salah, J ^a   Crowley, G ^b   Paxton, L J ^c   Zhang, Y ^c   Coster, A ^a   Rideout, W ^a   Huang, C ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Reinisch, B ^d   Taran, V ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Ukraine)

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EID: 33947672970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010683     Document Type: Article

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