Auroral-plasma sheet electron anisotropy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 971-974

  Kletzing, C A ^a   Scudder, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; ANISOTROPY; SPACECRAFT;

AURORAL PLASMA SHEET ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON PITCH ANGLE ANISOTROPY;

PLASMA PROBES; PLASMA SHEATHS;

PLASMA;

AURORAL PLASMAS; AURORAL PROCESS; DIFFUSE AURORAL REGION; ELECTRON ANISOTROPY; ELECTRON PITCH ANGLE; FIELD-ALIGNED ELECTRONS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE LOSS;

HYDRA;

EID: 0033117686     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900092     Document Type: Article

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