FAST satellite observations of electric field structures in the auroral zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2025-2028

  Ergun, R E ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   McFadden, J P ^a   Mozer, F S ^a   Delory, G T ^a   Peria, W ^a   Chaston, C C ^a   Temerin, M ^a   Elphic, R ^b   Strangeway, R ^c   Pfaff, R ^d   Cattell, C A ^e   Klumpar, D ^f   Shelley, E ^f   Peterson, W ^f   Moebius, E ^g   Kistler, L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL ZONE; FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITE MISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032097715     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00635     Document Type: Article

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