A model of currents and electric fields in a discrete auroral arc

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2553-2556

  Blixt, E M ^a   Brekke, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

AURORAL ARCS; CONSTANT-CURRENT GENERATOR; CURRENT CONTINUITY; HORIZONTAL CURRENTS; HORIZONTAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; RETURN CURRENT;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE;

DISCRETE AURORAL ARC; MAGNETOSPHERIC GENERATOR; PRECIPITATING ELECTRONS;

EID: 0030245919     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02378     Document Type: Article

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