Magnetic field turbulence, electron heating, magnetic holes, proton cyclotron waves, and the onsets of bipolar pulse (electron hole) events: A possible unifying scenario

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-35

  Tsurutani, B T ^a   Dasgupta, B ^a   Arballo, J K ^a   Lakhina, G S ^b   Pickett, J S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0038384501     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-10-27-2003     Document Type: Article

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