Tethered two-point measurements of solitary auroral density cavities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2933-2936

  Knudsen, D J ^a   Wallis, D D ^b   James, H G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Magnametrics   (Canada)

^c Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT; PROBE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA PROBES; SOUNDING ROCKETS; ATMOSPHERICS; IONOSPHERE; LANGMUIR PROBES; PROBES; TIME DELAY;

LANGMUIR PROBES; SOLITARY AURORAL DENSITY CAVITIES; AURORAL IONOSPHERE; DENSITY CAVITY; ELECTRON SATURATION; EVENT DETECTION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD LINES; ION SATURATION; LOCALIZED STRUCTURES; SOLITARY STRUCTURES;

IONOSPHERE; ELECTRIC LINES;

AURORA; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0033210729     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003605     Document Type: Article

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