Wind observations pertaining to current disruption and ballooning instability during substorms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Chen, Li Jen ^a   Bhattacharjee, A ^a   Sigsbee, K ^b   Parks, G ^b   Fillingim, M ^b   Lin, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTH (PLANET); IONS; PLASMA WAVES; STORMS; PLASMA SHEATHS; TIME DELAY;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; BALLOONING INSTABILITY; CURRENT DISRUPTION; MAGNETIC FLUCTUATION; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PROPAGATION OF WAVES; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS;

WIND EFFECTS; ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0042190419     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016317     Document Type: Article

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