High-latitude ionosphere convection and Birkeland current response for the 15 May 2005 magnetic storm recovery phase

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Eriksson, S ^a   Hairston, M R ^b   Rich, F J ^c,d   Korth, H ^e,f   Zhang, Y ^e,f   Anderson, B J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 59249092854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013139     Document Type: Article

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