The seasonal variation of auroral ion beams

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4071-4074

  Collin, H L ^a   Peterson, W K ^a   Lennartsson, O W ^a   Drake, J F ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; IONIC CONDUCTION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT;

AURORAL ION BEAMS; IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY; TOROIDAL IMAGING MASS ANGLE SPECTROGRAPH INSTRUMENT;

GEOPHYSICS;

SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032216088     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900090     Document Type: Article

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