Enhanced high-altitude polar cap plasma and magnetic field values in response to the interplanetary magnetic cloud that caused the great storm of 31 March 2001: A case study for a new magnetospheric index

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Osherovich, Vladimir A ^a,b   Benson, Robert F ^b   Fainberg, Joseph ^b   Green, James L ^c   Garcia, Leonard ^b,d   Boardsen, Scott ^b,e   Tsyganenko, Nikolai ^b,f   Reinisch, Bodo W ^g  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^d QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 34548314592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012105     Document Type: Article

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