Observations of the seasonal dependence of the thermal plasma density in the Southern Hemisphere auroral zone and polar cap at 1 RE

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A9, 2001, Pages 19023-19033

  Johnson, M T ^a   Wygant, J R ^a   Cattell, C ^a   Mozer, F S ^b   Temerin, M ^b   Scudder, J ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 39449104580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900147     Document Type: Article

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