Downward ion acceleration at auroral latitudes: Cause of parallel electric field

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1117-1136

  Hultqvist, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (electric fields; energetic particles, precipitating; magnetosphere ionosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRIC FIELD; ION; IONOSPHERE; LATITUDE;

EID: 0036058163     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1117-2002     Document Type: Article

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