Ionospheric plasma density structures associated with magnetopause motion: A case study using the Cluster spacecraft and the EISCAT Svalbard Radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2369-2379

  Pitout, F ^a   Escoubet, C P ^a   Lucek, E A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric disturbances); Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, arid boundary layers, magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPAUSE; PLASMA;

EID: 4344593695     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2369-2004     Document Type: Article

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