Supercooled ion temperatures observed in the topside ionosphere at dawn meridian during storm periods

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A6, 2004, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic cooling effect; ROCSAT 1 satellite; Supercooled ion temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 45549084279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010139     Document Type: Article

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