The linkage between the ring current and the ionosphere system

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 181, Issue , 2008, Pages 135-143

  Brandt, P C ^a   Zheng, Y ^a   Sotirelis, T S ^a   Oksavik, K ^b   Rich, F J ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84946904355     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/181GM13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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