Species dependent energies in upward directed ion beams over auroral arcs as observed with FAST TEAMS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2029-2032

  Mobius E ^a   Tang, L ^a   Kistler, L M ^a   Popecki, M ^a   Lund, E J ^a   Klumpar, D ^b   Peterson, W ^b   Shelley, E G ^b   Klecker, B ^c   Hovestadt, D ^c   Carlson, C W ^d   Ergun, R ^d   McFadden, J P ^d   Mozer, F ^d   Temerin, M ^d   Cattell, C ^e   Elphic, R ^f   Strangeway, R ^g   Pfaff, R ^h  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ION BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROGRAPHS;

AURORAL ARCS; FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT (FAST) SATELLITE MISSION; TIME OF FLIGHT ENERGY ANGLE MASS SPECTROGRAPH (TEAMS);

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0032099923     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00381     Document Type: Article

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