Cusp energetic ions: a bow shock source

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3729-3732

  Chang, S W ^a,d   Scudder, J D ^b   Fuselier, S A ^c   Fennell, J F ^d   Trattner, K J ^e   Pickett, J S ^f   Spence, H E ^a   Menietti, J D ^c   Peterson, W K ^f   Lepping, R P ^b   Friedel, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMAS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

IONOSPHERIC PLASMA; SOLAR WINDS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0032194438     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL52808     Document Type: Article

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