Predicted electron precipitation for a filled loss cone at the top of the auroral electron acceleration region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Calvert, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CALCULATIONS; GEOPHYSICS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AURORAL ELECTRON ACCELERATION REGION; ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; KNIGHT THEORY;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031674887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03357     Document Type: Article

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