Mass-dependent effects in ion conic production: The role of parallel electric fields

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3593-3596

  Lund, E J ^a,c   Mobius E ^a,b   Ergun, R E ^b,d   Carlson, C W ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEAVY IONS;

BROADBAND EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY (BBELF); ION CONIC PRODUCTION; MASS DEPENDENT EFFECTS; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD;

BROAD BANDS; DIFFERENT MASS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRAPPING REGIONS;

EID: 0342313803     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003679     Document Type: Article

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