Cusp dynamics and ionospheric outflow

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 285-312

  Fuselier, S A ^a   Mende, S B ^b   Moore, T E ^c   Frey, H U ^b   Petrinec, S M ^a   Claflin, E S ^a   Collier, M R ^c  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION;

ALTITUDE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGERY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LATITUDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MASS; PLASMA; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; WIND;

EID: 0345825864     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SPAC.0000007522.71147.b3     Document Type: Review

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