An acceleration mechanism for the generation of the main auroral oval on Jupiter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Saur, Joachim ^a   Pouquet, Annick ^b   Matthaeus, William H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX;

AURORAL ACTIVITY; ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; AURORAL OVAL; FIELD LINES; MAGNETIC FLUX TUBE; POTENTIAL DROP; TOTAL ENERGY; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; WEAK TURBULENCE;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

AURORA; JUPITER;

EID: 0043202637     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl015761     Document Type: Article

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