Overlapping ion populations in the cusp: Polar/TIMAS results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1621-1624

  Trattner, K J ^a,e   Coates, A J ^a   Fazakerley, A N ^a   Johnstone, A D ^a   Balsiger, H ^b   Burch, J L ^c   Fuselier, S A ^e   Peterson, W K ^e   Rosenbauer, H ^d   Shelley, E G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e Palo Alto Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SATELLITES; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ANGLE DISTRIBUTION; ION INJECTION; ION POPULATION; MAGNETOSHEATHS; PARTICLE INJECTION; POLAR SATELLITES; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

IONS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

CUSP; TOROIDAL IMAGING MASS ANGLE SPECTROGRAPH (TIMAS);

EID: 0032074650     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01060     Document Type: Article

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