Onset conditions of bubbles and blobs: A case study on 2 March 2009

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kil, H ^a   Choi, H S ^b,c,d   Heelis, R A ^e   Paxton, L J ^a   Coley, W R ^e   Miller, E S ^a  

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

^b Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^d Republic of Korea Air Force   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS;

ALTITUDE RANGE; DENSITY PERTURBATION; FORECASTING SYSTEM; GEOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS; IN-PHASE; ION DENSITY; LOW LATITUDES; MAGNETIC LATITUDE; ONSET CONDITION; OUT OF PHASE;

SUPERALLOYS;

ALTITUDE; BUBBLE; DATA SET; GEOPHYSICS; HYDROGEN; ION; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; NAVIGATION; OXYGEN; PERTURBATION; PLASMA;

EID: 79953173574     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046885     Document Type: Article

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