Dayside proton aurora: Comparisons between global MHD simulations and IMAGE observations

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 313-349

  Berchem, J ^a   Fuselier, S A ^b   Petrinec, S ^b   Frey, H U ^c   Burch, J L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; PROTON;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0347337790     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SPAC.0000007523.23002.92     Document Type: Review

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