On the use of IMAGE FUV for estimating the latitude of the open/closed magnetic field line boundary in the ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2759-2769

  Boakes, P D ^a,b   Milan, S E ^a   Abel, G A ^b   Freeman, M P ^b   Chisham, G ^b   Hubert, B ^c   Sotirelis, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGERY; IONOSPHERE; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 51949108762     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2759-2008     Document Type: Article

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