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04 Jan 2013
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Controlling of merging electric field and IMF magnitude on storm-time changes in thermospheric mass density
Y. L. Zhou
Inst. of Ionosphere and Magnetosphere, College of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Inst. of Ionosphere and Magnetosphere, College of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
R. S. Liu
Inst. of Ionosphere and Magnetosphere, College of Electronic Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
E. Doornbos
Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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