Observations of the ionospheric projection of the plasmapause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Philip C ^a   Johnston, W R ^a   Goldstein, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERIC PROJECTION; PLASMA PAUSE;

IONOSPHERE; MODELING; PLASMA;

EID: 53749103978     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033978     Document Type: Article

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