Multiple-point electron measurements in a nightside auroral arc: Auroral turbulence II particle observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3361-3364

  Lynch, K A ^a   Pietrowski, D ^a   Torbert, R B ^a   Ivchenko, N ^b   Marklund, G ^b   Primdahl, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMAS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

NIGHTSIDE AURORAL ARC;

SPACE RESEARCH; MAGNETOSPHERE;

AURORA;

ELECTRON MEASUREMENTS; FIELD-ALIGNED ELECTRONS; MULTIPLE POINTS; POINT MEASUREMENT; POTENTIAL DROP; PROPER MOTION; SOURCE POINTS; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

EID: 0033570638     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900599     Document Type: Article

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