A multi-diagnostic approach to understanding high-latitude plasma transport during the Halloween 2003 storm

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2739-2747

  Yin, P ^a   Mitchell, C N ^a   Spencer, P ^a   McCrea, I ^b   Pedersen, T ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; PLASMA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STORM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; THULE;

EID: 51949103661     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2739-2008     Document Type: Article

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