Storm-time related mass density anomalies in the polar cap as observed by CHAMP

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-180

  Liu, R ^a,b   Luhr H ^a   Ma, S Y ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere atmosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (Polar cap phenomena); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 76849098902     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-165-2010     Document Type: Article

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