Electron density distribution in the magnetosphere

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 415, 1997, Pages 53-58

  Laakso, H ^a   Opgenoorth, H ^a,b   Wygant, J ^c   Escoubet, P ^d   Clemmons, J ^e   Johnson, M ^c   Maynard, N ^f   Mozer, F ^g   Pfaff, R ^h   Scudder, J ⁱ  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e Aerospac Corp   (United States)

^f MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cusp; Electron density; Magnetosphere; Plasmapause; Spacecraft potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244253762     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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