C/NOFS observations of deep plasma depletions at dawn

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  De La Beaujardière, Odile ^a   Retterer, John M ^a   Pfaff, Robert F ^b   Roddy, Patrick A ^a   Roth, Christopher ^c   Burke, William J ^a   Su, Yi Jiun ^a   Kelley, Michael C ^d   Ilma, Ronald R ^d   Wilson, Gordon R ^a   Gentile, Louise C ^a   Hunton, Donald E ^a   Cooke, David L ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; PLASMA DENSITY; SATELLITES;

FORECASTING SYSTEM; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; PLASMA DRIFTS; SATELLITE ALTITUDES; SOLAR MINIMA; TIDAL EFFECTS;

PLASMAS;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ELECTRIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 72149109528     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038884     Document Type: Article

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