The auroral current circuit and field-aligned currents observed by FAST

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2033-2036

  Elphic, R C ^a   Bonnell, J W ^a   Strangeway, R J ^b   Kepko, L ^b   Ergun, R E ^c   McFadden, J P ^c   Carlson, C W ^c   Peria, W ^c   Cattell, C A ^d   Klumpar, D ^e   Shelley, E ^e   Peterson, W ^e   Moebius, E ^f   Kistler, L ^f   Pfaff, R ^g  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL CURRENT CIRCUIT; FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITE MISSION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032098038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01158     Document Type: Article

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