Mid-altitude modeling of cusp ion injection under steady and varying conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2275-2278

  Xue, S ^a   Reiff, P H ^a   Onsager, T G ^b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA Space Environment Center   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA DENSITY; SPECTROGRAPHS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DENSITY VARIATIONS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSHEATH PLASMA; MAGNETOSHEATHS; MULTIPLE INJECTIONS; PLASMA INJECTION; TIME DEPENDENT; WINTER CONDITIONS;

IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

CUSP ION ENERGY LATITUDE SPECTROGRAMS; EMBEDDED SMALL SCALE ENERGY PITCH ANGLE V SIGNATURES; LARGE SCALE ENERGY LATITUDE DISPERSION; MID ALTITUDE CUSP ION INJECTION;

EID: 0031233268     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02185     Document Type: Article

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