Effect of diurnal-convection on trapped thermal plasma in the outer plasmasphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2255-2258

  Reynolds, M A ^a,b   Ganguli, G ^a   Fedder, J A ^a,c   Melendez Alvira D J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DENSITY;

COLLISIONLESS KINETIC THEORY; DIURNAL CONVECTION; OUTER PLASMASPHERE; TRAPPED THERMAL PLASMA;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0031236710     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02021     Document Type: Article

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