Multipoint measurements of large DC electric fields and shears in the Auroral Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3369-3372

  Pietrowski, D ^a   Lynch, K A ^a   Torbert, R B ^a   Marklund, G ^b   Ivchenko, N ^b   Ranta, A ^d   Danielides, M ^d   Kelley, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; SOUNDING ROCKETS; ROCKETS; SHEAR FLOW;

AURORAL ZONE;

SPACE RESEARCH; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

AURORA;

ARC STRUCTURES; AURORAL ARCS; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; MULTIPOINT MEASUREMENT; PAY LOAD; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIME VARYING;

EID: 0033570671     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003595     Document Type: Article

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