Theoretical study of the low- and midlatitude ionospheric electron density enhancement during the October 2003 superstorm: Relative importance of the neutral wind and the electric field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Lin, C H ^a,b   Richmond, A D ^a   Heelis, R A ^c   Bailey, G J ^d   Lu, G ^a   Liu, J Y ^b   Yeh, H C ^b   Su, S Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 62149096733     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011304     Document Type: Article

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