Local increases in auroral electron precipitation which were not accompanied by a corresponding increase in the electric potential of the auroral electron acceleration region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2933-2936

  Calvert, W ^a,c   Hardy, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Hanscom Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; ROCKETS;

AURORAL ELECTRON PRECIPITATION;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ELECTRONS;

ACCELERATION REGIONS; AURORAL ELECTRONS; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; POKER FLAT; SUBSTORMS; WAVE INSTABILITY;

EID: 0031273047     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02743     Document Type: Article

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