The association of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves, ion and electron beams and field-aligned currents: FAST observations of an auroral zone crossing near midnight

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2053-2056

  Cattell, C ^a,i   Bergmann, R ^b   Sigsbee, K ^a,i   Carlson, C ^c   Chaston, C ^c   Ergun, R ^c   McFadden, J ^c   Mozer, F S ^c   Temerin, M ^c   Strangeway, R ^d   Elphic, R ^e   Kistler, L ^f   Moebius, E ^f   Tang, L ^f   Klumpar, D ^g   Pfaff, R ^h  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^h NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ION BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

ELECTROSTATIC ION CYCLOTRON (EIC) WAVES; FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITE MISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032096301     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00834     Document Type: Article

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