Initial FAST observations of acceleration processes in the cusp

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2037-2040

  Pfaff, R ^a   Clemmons, J ^a,b   Carlson, C ^c   Ergun, R ^c   McFadden, J ^c   Mozer, F ^c   Temerin, M ^c   Klumpar, D ^d   Peterson, W ^d   Shelley, E ^d   Moebius E ^e   Kistler, L ^e   Strangeway, R ^f   Elphic, R ^g   Cattell, C ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; PLASMA WAVES; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

EARTH CUSPS; FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITE MISSION; MAGNETOSHEATH PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032097588     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00936     Document Type: Article

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