Dependence of plasmaspheric morphology on the electric field description during the recovery phase of the 17 April 2002 magnetic storm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Liemohn, Michael W ^a   Ridley, Aaron J ^a   Gallagher, Dennis L ^b   Ober, Daniel M ^c   Kozyra, Janet U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic storms; Magnetosphere ionosphere coupling; Plasmapause location

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044280865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010304     Document Type: Article

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