Midlatitude sub-auroral ionospheric small scale structure during a magnetic storm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Keskinen, M J ^a   Basu, S ^b   Basu, Santimay ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FRICTION; MAGNETISM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERIC DENSITY; MAGNETIC STORMS; POLARIZATION STREAMS;

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 3543144904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019368     Document Type: Article

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