A substorm-associated drift echo of energetic protons observed by Geotail: Radial density gradient structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Hori, T ^a   Ohtani, S ^a   Lui, A T Y ^a   McEntire, R W ^a   Maezawa, K ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Mukai, T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA THEORY; SPACECRAFT; PLASMA SHEATHS;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; COMPLICATED STRUCTURES; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGETIC PROTONS; EQUATORIAL PLANES; OBSERVATION POINT; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

PROTON BEAMS; SPACECRAFT;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0042691603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016137     Document Type: Article

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