Scaling of 3D solitary waves observed by FAST and POLAR

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Berthomier, M ^a,b   Pottelette, R ^a   Muschietti, L ^b   Roth, I ^b   Carlson, C W ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA STABILITY; SOLITONS; ACOUSTICS; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

NONLINEAR FLUID MODELS; SOLITARY WAVES; COHERENT STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; NON-LINEAR BEAMS; NONLINEAR FLUID MODEL; PARALLEL ELECTRIC FIELDS; POTENTIAL STRUCTURE;

GEOMAGNETISM; SOLITONS;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 0942278133     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018491     Document Type: Article

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