Observations of large amplitude parallel electric field wave packets at the plasma sheet boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 857-860

  Cattell, C ^a   Wygant, J ^a   Dombeck, J ^a   Mozer, F S ^b   Temerin, M ^b   Russell, C T ^c  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA SHEATHS; SOLITONS; WAVE PACKETS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA; ELECTROSTATICS; GEOMAGNETISM;

AURORAL ELECTRONS; BOUNDARY CROSSING; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; PITCH ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; RADIAL DISTANCE;

ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

LARGE AMPLITUDE PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELD WAVE PACKETS; PLASMA SHEET BOUNDARY;

EID: 0032022099     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00497     Document Type: Article

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