Multicomponent plasma distributions in the tail current sheet associated with substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 843-846

  Chen, LiJen ^a   Larson, D ^b   Lin, R P ^b   McCarthy, M ^a   Parks, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

ANISOTROPY; GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA SHEATHS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONS; ION BEAMS; KINETIC THEORY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DEVICES; SPACECRAFT; STORMS;

ANISOTROPIC DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMAGNETIC TAIL; ISOTROPIC PLASMA; KINETIC DESCRIPTION; MULTICOMPONENTS; PLASMA DISTRIBUTION; PLASMA INSTRUMENTS;

ION BEAMS; MAGNETOSPHERE;

ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; GEOMAGNETIC TAIL CURRENT SHEET; MULTICOMPONENT PLASMA DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 0034353337     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010736     Document Type: Article

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