Observations of shock impact, disturbance dynamo effect, and a midlatitude large-density depletion at 600 km altitude on the 17 April 2002 storm day

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A8, 2003, Pages

  Su, S Y ^a   Chao, C K ^a   Yeh, H C ^a   Heelis, R A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Large density depletion; Shock impact on ionosphere Pi 1 pulsation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249034942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009752     Document Type: Article

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