Midlatitude ionospheric disturbances during magnetic storms and substorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A6, 2003, Pages

  Huang, Chao Song ^a   Foster, J C ^a   Goncharenko, L P ^a   Sofko, G J ^b   Borovsky, J E ^c   Rich, F J ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionospheric disturbances; Middle latitude; Storms; Substorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543131651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009608     Document Type: Article

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