Ion outflow and associated perpendicular heating in the cusp observed by interball auroral probe and fast auroral snapshot

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A2, 2002, Pages

  Bouhram, M ^a   Dubouloz, N ^a,b   Malingre, M ^a   Jasperse, J R ^c   Pottelette, R ^a   Senior, C ^a   Delcourt, D ^a   Carlson, C W ^d   Roth, I ^d   Berthomier, M ^d   Sauvaud, J A ^e  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

2704 Magnetospheric physics: Auroral phenomena (2407); 2724 Magnetospheric physics: Magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers; 7859 Space plasma physics: Transport processes; 7867 Space plasma physics: Wave particle interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038408442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000091     Document Type: Article

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