The AMICIST auroral sounding rocket: A comparison of transverse ion acceleration mechanisms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3293-3296

  Lynch, K A ^a   Arnoldy, R L ^a   Kintner, P M ^b   Bonnell, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLITONS; SOUNDING ROCKETS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ELECTROSTATIC WAVES; ION ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; ION ACCELERATIONS; LOW ALTITUDES; LOW-FREQUENCY; LOWER HYBRID; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; WAVE INTENSITIES;

IONS; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

AURORAL ION OUTFLOW; TRANSVERSE ION ACCELERATION (TAI);

EID: 0030285590     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02688     Document Type: Article

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