FAST observations of electron distributions within AKR source regions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2069-2072

  Delory, G T ^a   Ergun, R E ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Muschietti, L ^a   Chaston, C C ^a   Peria, W ^a   McFadden, J P ^a   Strangeway, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRON RADIATION; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

AURORAL KILOMETRIC RADIATION (AKR); FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032099683     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00705     Document Type: Article

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