Discrete auroral arc, electrostatic shock and suprathermal electrons powered by dispersive, anomalously resistive field line resonance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4449-4452

  Lotko, W ^a   Streltsov, A V ^a   Carlson, C W ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; RESONANCE;

DISCRETE AURORAL ARC; FIELD LINE RESONANCE; SUPRATHERMAL ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATIC SHOCKS; FIELD LINE RESONANCES; GYROKINETIC SIMULATIONS; KEY ELEMENTS; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA RESISTIVITY; RADAR SIGNATURE;

SPACE RESEARCH; ELECTRIC LINES;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EID: 0032534943     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900200     Document Type: Article

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