Observations of the impenetrable barrier, the plasmapause, and the VLF bubble during the 17 March 2015 storm

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 5537-5548

  Foster, J C ^a   Erickson, P J ^a   Baker, D N ^b   Jaynes, A N ^b   Mishin, E V ^c   Fennel, J F ^d   Li, X ^b   Henderson, M G ^e   Kanekal, S G ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

barrier; plasmapause; storm; VLF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978518709     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022509     Document Type: Article

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