Multi-instrument observations of nightside plasma patches under conditions of IMF Bz positive

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2203-2216

  Wood, A G ^a   Pryse, S E ^a   Middleton, H R ^a   Howells, V S C ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; MODELING; PLASMA;

EID: 49149105415     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2203-2008     Document Type: Article

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