Modulated electron-acoustic waves in auroral density cavities: FAST observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2629-2632

  Pottelette, R ^a   Ergun, R E ^b   Treumann, R A ^c,d,e   Berthomier, M ^a   Carlson, C W ^b   McFadden, J P ^b   Roth, I ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d ISSI   (Switzerland)

^e INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; SOLITONS;

AURORAL DENSITY CAVITIES; AURORAL KILOMETRIC RADIATION; ELECTRON ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACCELERATION PROCESS; ACCELERATION REGIONS; DENSITY CAVITY; ELECTRON POPULATION; LARGE AMPLITUDE; NONLINEAR WAVES; SOURCE REGION;

ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVES;

AURORA;

EID: 0033371985     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900462     Document Type: Article

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