Ion populations on open field lines within the dayside low-latitude boundary layer: Theory and observations during a transient event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2895-2898

  Lockwood, M ^a   Moen, J ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MAGNETOPAUSE;

OPEN FIELD LINES; TRANSIENT EVENT;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; IONS;

ION POPULATION; LOW LATITUDE BOUNDARY LAYER; LOW LATITUDES; MAGNETOPAUSE MODEL; MAGNETOSHEATHS; OPEN FIELD LINES; RECONNECTION SITES; TRANSIENT EVENTS;

EID: 0030263999     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02761     Document Type: Article

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