A new model of the location of the plasmapause: CRRES results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Moldwin, Mark B ^a   Downward, L ^b   Rassoul, H K ^b   Amin, R ^b   Anderson, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner magnetosphere; Plasmapause; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549163261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009211     Document Type: Article

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