Toroidal ion distributions observed at high altitudes equatorward of the cusp

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-472

  Huddleston, M M ^a   Pollock, C J ^a   Wuest M P ^a   Pickett, J S ^b   Moore, T E ^c   Peterson, W K ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FUNCTIONS; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERE; IONS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OXYGEN; POSITIVE IONS; SPACECRAFT;

PARTICLE ENERGIZATION; PHASE SPACE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; TOROIDAL ION DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSVERSELY ACCELERATED IONS; WAVE ENERGIZATION;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0343526933     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010712     Document Type: Article

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