SCIFER - Transverse ion acceleration and plasma waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1873-1876

  Kintner, Paul M ^a   Bonnell, John ^a   Arnoldy, Roger ^b   Lynch, Kristina ^b   Pollock, Craig ^c   Moore, Tom ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; IONS; ELECTROSTATICS; FREQUENCIES; PLASMA WAVES;

CURRENT-DRIVEN; ELECTROSTATIC WAVES; FINE STRUCTURES; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION CYCLOTRONS; ION-CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELDS; SPECTRAL FEATURE;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

CLEFT ION FOUNTAIN; CURRENT DRIVEN ELECTROSTATIC WAVES; ION CYCLOTRON FREQUENCIES; IONOSPHERIC DENSITY; TRANSVERSE ION ACCELERATION;

EID: 0030193441     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01863     Document Type: Article

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