SCIFER - Structure of the cleft ion fountain at 1400 km altitude

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1869-1872

  Arnoldy, R L ^a   Lynch, K A ^a   Kintner, P M ^b   Bonnell, J ^b   Moore, T E ^c   Pollock, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; IONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PLASMAS; SPECTROGRAPHS; WEATHER SATELLITES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FOUNTAINS; ROCKETS;

CLEFT ION FOUNTAIN; ELECTRON SPECTROGRAM; ELECTRON TRAPPING BOUNDARY; ION ACCELERATION; ION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ION HEATING REGION; ION INSTRUMENTS; IONOSPHERIC DENSITY; POLAR CUSP HEATING WALL; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS;

SOUNDING ROCKETS; IONS;

ACCELERATED IONS; ALTITUDE RANGE; DISCRETE STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRAPPING; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION HEATING; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; UPWARD FLOW;

EID: 0030194988     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00475     Document Type: Article

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