IMAGE and DMSP observations of a density trough inside the plasmasphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Fu, H S ^a,b,c   Tu, J ^a   Cao, J B ^b   Song, P ^a   Reinisch, B W ^a   Gallagher, D L ^d   Yang, B ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 77955183097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015104     Document Type: Article

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