FAST observations of inertial Alfven waves in the dayside aurora

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-650

  Chaston, C C ^a   Carlson, C W ^a   Peria, W J ^a   Ergun, R E ^a   McFadden, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA WAVES;

ALFVEN WAVES; AURORA;

RADIATION BELTS;

AURORA;

EID: 0033559743     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900246     Document Type: Article

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