Electron temperatures during rapid subauroral ion drift events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 450-459

  Moffett, R J ^a   Ennis, A E ^a   Bailey, G J ^a   Heelis, R A ^b   Brace, L H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron temperature; Plasmasphere ionosphere SUPIM; Subauroral ion drift

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542421366     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-998-0450-x     Document Type: Article

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