DE particle and field observations during the poleward expansion of an auroral surge through the plasma sheet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1131-1134

  Anderson, P C ^a   Lyons, L R ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SPACECRAFT; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA SHEATHS;

AURORAL SURGE; ENERGIZATION; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; LYONS THEORY; MAGNETIC MIDNIGHT; PLASMA SHEET; SOLAR WIND; SUBSTORM SURGE;

SURGES (FLUID); ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD PATTERNS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GROWTH PHASE; LOW ALTITUDES; MAGNETIC SEPARATRIX; MOVING ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA SHEET; SUBSTORM EXPANSION;

EID: 0030145186     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01034     Document Type: Article

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