Empirical Models of the Plasma Density in the Plasmasphere and Polar Cap
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(1) Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 600 Suffolk Street, Lowell, Ma 01854, USA, E-mail: [email protected] (2) As (1) above, but E-mail: [email protected] As (1) above, but E-mail: [email protected] As (1) above, but E-mail: [email protected] As (1) above, but E-mail: [email protected] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA, [email protected] As (6) above, but E-mail: [email protected] As (6) above, but E-mail: [email protected] NASA Marshal Space Flight Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA, [email protected] (10) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA, [email protected] (11) As (10) above, but E-mail: [email protected]
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