Comparisons of Polar satellite observations of solitary wave velocities in the plasma sheet boundary and the high altitude cusp to those in the auroral zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-428

  Cattell, C A ^a   Dombeck, J ^a   Wygant, J R ^a   Hudson, M K ^b   Mozer, F S ^c   Temerin, M A ^c   Peterson, W K ^d   Kletzing, C A ^e   Russell, C T ^f   Pfaff, R F ^g  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA SHEATHS; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; PLASMAS; SATELLITES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DEBYE LENGTH; ELECTRON HOLE; ELECTRON MODES; ENERGETIC PARTICLE INJECTIONS; HIGH ALTITUDE CUSP; POLAR SATELLITES; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; SOLITARY-WAVE VELOCITIES;

SOLITONS; GEOPHYSICS;

SOLITARY WAVES;

PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 0033082626     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900304     Document Type: Article

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