Formation of a plasma depletion shell in the equatorial ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Kil, Hyosub ^b   Heelis, Roderick A ^a   Paxton, Larry J ^b   Oh, Seung Jun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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

^c Space Environment Laboratory Incorporated JinYoung Bldg ^*  (South Korea)

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EID: 72149133068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014369     Document Type: Article

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