Extreme changes in the dayside ionosphere during a Carrington-type magnetic storm

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tsurutani, Bruce T ^a   Verkhoglyadova, Olga P ^a,b   Mannucci, Anthony J ^a   Lakhina, Gurbax S ^c   Huba, Joseph D ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronal mass ejection (CME); Electric field; Flares; Ionosphere (equatorial); Ionosphere (mid latitude)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873551221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21157251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2012004     Document Type: Article

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