Case study of the 15 July 2000 magnetic storm effects on the ionosphere-driver of the positive ionospheric storm in the winter hemisphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A11, 2003, Pages

  Kil, Hyosub ^a   Paxton, Larry J ^a   Pi, Xiaoqing ^b   Hairston, Marc R ^c   Zhang, Yongliang ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere thennosphere coupling; Ionospheric storm; Thermospheric disturbance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905329909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009782     Document Type: Article

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