Modeling transverse heating and outflow of ionospheric ions from the dayside cusp/cleft. 1 A parametric study

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1753-1771

  Bouhram, M ^a   Malingre, M ^a   Jasperse, J R ^b   Dubouloz, N ^c  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LPCE CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (auroral phenomena; Space plasma physics (numerical simulation studies; waveparticle interactions)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0141621820     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1753-2003     Document Type: Article

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