Redistribution of the stormtime ionosphere and the formation of a plasmaspheric bulge

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 2005, Pages 277-289

  Foster, John C ^a   Coster, Anthea J ^a   Erickson, Philip J ^a   Rideout, William ^a   Rich, Frederick J ^b   Immel, Thomas J ^c   Sandel, Bill R ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 84923505715     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/159GM21     Document Type: Chapter

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