Super plasma fountain and equatorial ionization anomaly during penetration electric field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Balan, N ^a,b   Shiokawa, K ^b   Otsuka, Y ^b   Watanabe, S ^c   Bailey, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 67649090450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013768     Document Type: Article

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