Parallel electric fields in discrete arcs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 4053-4056

  Ergun, R E ^a   Carlson, C W ^b   McFadden, J P ^b   Mozer, F S ^b   Strangeway, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE PROPERTIES; LARGE-SCALE MODELING; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; TRANSITION LAYERS; VLASOV SIMULATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 0034670998     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL003819     Document Type: Article

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9. Simulation of electron distributions within auroral acceleration regions
10. Parallel electric fields
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18. Asymmetry of occurrence-frequency and intensity of AKR between summer polar region and winter polar region sources