A statistical study of ion energization at 1700 km in the auroral region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1943-1958

  Hamrin, M ^a   Norqvist, P ^a   Hellstrom T ^a   Andre M ^b   Eriksson, A I ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; Wave propogation) Magnetospheric physics (electric fields)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; OXYGEN;

EID: 0036970646     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1943-2002     Document Type: Article

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